v2026.02.01

What's Changed

• Upgrade GitHub Actions for Node 24 compatibility by @salmanmkc in #2467
• migrate pocketfft and cereal to MODULE.bazel by @j2kun in #2470
• Add a faster heuristic for IntegerRelation::isEqual by @j2kun in #2505
• fix: loosen tolerance on polynomial eval fuzz test by @copybara-service[bot] in #2503
• rework community page, add bookable slots by @copybara-service[bot] in #2508
• fix: fix bootstrap insertion pattern for CKKS by @copybara-service[bot] in #2511
• Bump the pip group across 2 directories with 4 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #2512
• Issue #202 : Add tensor shape to polynomial mod function name by @TomiAkeju in #2502
• Use opaque ciphertext/plaintext type for openfhe by @copybara-service[bot] in #2471
• Replace unicode escaped characters in ipynb files by @copybara-service[bot] in #2518
• add openfhe benchmarks for fast rotations by @asraa in #2524
• bump rust dependencies by @j2kun in #2528
• Add in-place OpenFHE ops and in-place transform by @copybara-service[bot] in #2520
• migrate llvm dependency to bazelmod by @j2kun in #2472
• Peel first iteration of loops with ciphertext iter-args (Halo Solution A-1) by @j2kun in #2534
• Bootstrap loop iter args (Halo Solution A-2) by @j2kun in #2536
• Rewrite level analysis for loop support by @j2kun in #2551
• add AI tool use policy by @copybara-service[bot] in #2530
• pre-commit: use python3 instead of python by @AlexanderViand in #2547
• make README example also work with pypi version by @AlexanderViand in #2562
• frontend: use signed extension when changing bitwidth by @AlexanderViand in #2546
• support parallelization in openfhe targets by @copybara-service[bot] in #2535
• split-preprocessing: handle plaintext function arguments that have layouts assigned by @copybara-service[bot] in #2563
• Upgrade GitHub Actions for Node 24 compatibility by @salmanmkc in #2567
• make ai tool use policy page visible by @j2kun in #2566
• Frontend literal upcasting by @AlexanderViand in #2552
• Partially unrolling loops for better level consumption (Halo B-2) by @j2kun in #2538
• Migrate OpenFHE to bazelmod by @j2kun in #2548
• Optimisation: Extend the Lut generation to LUT4 elements by @WoutLegiest in #2458
• fix build by @copybara-service[bot] in #2573
• bazelrc: update openfhe flags to bzlmod version by @AlexanderViand in #2576
• openfhe: use openfhe API GetBootstrapDepth to get actual bootstrap depth by @copybara-service[bot] in #2578
• layout: generate packing functions for tensor_ext.assign_layout lowerings by @copybara-service[bot] in #2569
• remove linalgDetensorize and some other lingering tosa stuff by @copybara-service[bot] in #2582
• Add primitive root calculator based on sympy by @copybara-service[bot] in #2583
• range analysis: propagate state on plaintexts operations by @copybara-service[bot] in #2584
• openfhe: support multiple function return types in emitter by @copybara-service[bot] in #2585

New Contributors

• @TomiAkeju made their first contribution in #2502

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