chore/release: Bump package version and update changelog for M96 (#7973) (#7978)

N/A - changelog update

(cherry picked from commit 8d69fe3)


## Test plan
N/A - Changelog

Author: sagtanih

vscode/CHANGELOG.md

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 This is a log of all notable changes to Cody for VS Code.
 
 <!--- {/_ CHANGELOG_START _/} -->
+## 1.96.0
+
+### Fix
+- [Backport M96] fix(chat): only run saveSession after LLM response  [pull/7955](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7955)
+- [Backport M96] Do not throw exceptions from unimplemented protocol methods  [pull/7933](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7933)
+- Properly use generated protocol classes  [pull/7922](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7922)
+- fix(chat): prompt hydration in the right editor when using the prompt quickPick option  [pull/7902](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7902)
+- fix(chat): Hide copy button in non-chat mode  [pull/7895](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7895)
+- fix(chat): track code paste event  [pull/7918](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7918)
+- fix(rules): avoid duplicate .sourcegraph paths in rule search  [pull/7805](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7805)
+- Fix handling of client-side temporary settings in cody_settings.json  [pull/7904](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7904)
+- Fix issue with duplicated models in the model selection  [pull/7905](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7905)
+- fix(autocomplete): fix stop reason in the default completions client  [pull/7872](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7872)
+- fix(analytics): enable characters logger for untitled doc  [pull/7873](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7873)
+- rm erroneously included tmp file  [pull/7903](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7903)
+- Fix demo app on safari & remove tiktoken dependency  [pull/7887](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7887)
+
+### Features
+- refactor(chat): MCP server management and tool state  [pull/7915](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7915)
+- Enable prompts sort bvy relevance for insider builds  [pull/7913](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7913)
+- feat(chat): Remove rate limiting and default flag for Deep Cody  [pull/7882](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7882)
+- feat(chat): move mcp setting btn and add storybook  [pull/7901](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7901)
+- feat(logging): Add telemetry to code copy events to ensure accuracy of insert rate metric  [pull/7897](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7897)
+- Added support for Ctrl+C not working in Rider/Windows  [pull/7798](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7798)
+- feat(autocomplete): better autocomplete support for gpt-4.1-mini  [pull/7871](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7871)
+- Make TokenCounterUtils implementation environment dependent  [pull/7875](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7875)
+- add AGENT.md for use with Amp  [pull/7891](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7891)
+
+### Chores
+- chore(storybook): fixed stories that rendered with errors due to API changes  [pull/7848](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7848)
+- chore(ci and release): Remove bundle size checks  [pull/7916](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7916)
+- chore(walkthroughs): remove walkthroughts in favor of linking to quickstart docs  [pull/7847](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7847)
+
+### Reverts
+- [Backport M96] revert(chat): enable agentic chat based on feature flag and model  [pull/7956](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/7956)
+
 
 ## 1.94.0
 

vscode/package.json

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   "name": "cody-ai",
   "private": true,
   "displayName": "Cody: AI Code Assistant",
-  "version": "1.94.0",
+  "version": "1.96.0",
   "publisher": "sourcegraph",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "icon": "resources/sourcegraph.png",