chore(main): release prover 26.0.0

Author: zksync-era-bot

.github/release-please/manifest.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "core": "31.2.0",
-  "prover": "25.3.0",
+  "prover": "26.0.0",
   "zkstack_cli": "0.2.1",
   "airbender_prover_server": "0.1.1"
 }

prover/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [26.0.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/prover-v25.3.0...prover-v26.0.0) (2026-07-17)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Draft v31 ([#4608](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/4608)) ([a2d815b](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/a2d815b7971f3a191e805817ad3d43508f33c831))
+* **multivm:** Cycles Tracer ([#4889](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/4889)) ([6d498bd](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/6d498bd4bba1fcf7362e64088a9df60fc73b9900))
+* **prover:** Submit airbender proofs ([#4836](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/4836)) ([c477e64](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/c477e642e18043dbc2d5167e04f7256d43349d31))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add explicit timeouts to all reqwest HTTP clients + add lots of prover logs ([#4772](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/4772)) ([ad7a55d](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/ad7a55d8a4f4609a42ef1598a22aa6c1e4a72132))
+* automated protocol upgrade ([#4886](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/4886)) ([b1c9a7f](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/b1c9a7fd4cc3cf2c4acd4d2106ce01f0f1b8c3e0))
+* automated protocol upgrade for upgrade-circuit-divergency-before-v31 ([#4813](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/4813)) ([799626f](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/799626f85920f484624f2aab21852dba5f82d13e))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous Chores
+
+* **prover:** release 26.0.0 ([815a8e3](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/815a8e3766ad070ed95e561cf8b8fd831bbf0a74))
+
 ## [25.3.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/prover-v25.2.0...prover-v25.3.0) (2026-04-10)
 
 

prover/Cargo.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ members = ["crates/bin/*", "crates/lib/*"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "25.3.0" # x-release-please-version
+version = "26.0.0" # x-release-please-version
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["The Matter Labs Team <hello@matterlabs.dev>"]
 homepage = "https://zksync.io/"