Release 3.16.0 (2026-07-15) (#6032)

* cleanup: use a single logger in base_trainer

* fix: update recipe resolver unit tests

* Release 3.16.0 (2026-07-15): Bump VERSION files and internal dependency pins to 3.16.0 / 2.16.0 / 1.16.0. Update CHANGELOGs across root and submodules (core, train, serve, mlops).

Author: mujtaba1747

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
+## v3.16.0 (2026-07-15)
+
+### New Features
+
+- feat: actionable guidance for removed v2 interfaces (#6004)
+- feat(serve): add SageMaker GenAI inference benchmarking and recommendation (#5874)
+- feat(feature-store): add BatchWriteRecord and ListRecords to FeatureGroup (#5983)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- fix(iam): scope repo-level ECR actions to prevent false deny in preflight validation (#6024)
+- fix: filter full recipe template from serverless train() (#6021)
+- Fix sm-train unit tests + use single logger in base trainer (#6030)
+
+### Tests
+
+- test(mlops): Skip non-PEP440 version keys in sklearn_latest_version (#6022)
+
 ## v3.15.1 (2026-07-09)
 
 ### New Features

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.15.1
+3.16.0

pyproject.toml

@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-  "sagemaker-core>=2.15.1,<3.0.0",
-  "sagemaker-train>=1.15.1,<2.0.0",
-  "sagemaker-serve>=1.15.1,<2.0.0",
-  "sagemaker-mlops>=1.15.1,<2.0.0",
+  "sagemaker-core>=2.16.0,<3.0.0",
+  "sagemaker-train>=1.16.0,<2.0.0",
+  "sagemaker-serve>=1.16.0,<2.0.0",
+  "sagemaker-mlops>=1.16.0,<2.0.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]

sagemaker-core/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
+## v2.16.0 (2026-07-15)
+
+### New Features
+
+- feat: actionable guidance for removed v2 interfaces (#6004)
+- feat(feature-store): add BatchWriteRecord and ListRecords to FeatureGroup (#5983)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- fix(iam): scope repo-level ECR actions to prevent false deny in preflight validation (#6024)
+
 ## v2.15.1 (2026-07-09)
 
 ### New Features

sagemaker-core/VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.15.1
+2.16.0

sagemaker-mlops/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
+## v1.16.0 (2026-07-15)
+
+### Tests
+
+- test(mlops): Skip non-PEP440 version keys in sklearn_latest_version (#6022)
+
 ## v1.15.1 (2026-07-09)
 
 ### New Features

sagemaker-mlops/VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.15.1
+1.16.0

sagemaker-mlops/pyproject.toml

@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "sagemaker-core>=2.15.1",
-    "sagemaker-train>=1.15.1",
-    "sagemaker-serve>=1.15.1",
+    "sagemaker-core>=2.16.0",
+    "sagemaker-train>=1.16.0",
+    "sagemaker-serve>=1.16.0",
     "cryptography>=46.0.0",
     "boto3>=1.42.2,<2.0",
     "botocore>=1.42.2,<2.0",

sagemaker-serve/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
+## v1.16.0 (2026-07-15)
+
+### New Features
+
+- feat(serve): add SageMaker GenAI inference benchmarking and recommendation (#5874)
+
 ## v1.15.1 (2026-07-09)
 
 ### New Features

sagemaker-serve/VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.15.1
+1.16.0