Release/2.9.0 (#475)

This is mainly a bugfix release, but bumped minor due to the new
`tool_communication.py` script.

Author: urfeex

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 Changelog for package ur_client_library
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+2.9.0 (2026-03-27)
+------------------
+* [RTDEClient] stop producer on destruction (`#472 <https://github.com/UniversalRobots/Universal_Robots_Client_Library/issues/472>`_)
+* Primary Client power on improvements (`#473 <https://github.com/UniversalRobots/Universal_Robots_Client_Library/issues/473>`_)
+* Move TCPServer disconnection log events from Info to Debug (`#471 <https://github.com/UniversalRobots/Universal_Robots_Client_Library/issues/471>`_)
+* Refactor tool communication into standalone socat initialization script (`#470 <https://github.com/UniversalRobots/Universal_Robots_Client_Library/issues/470>`_)
+* Contributors: Felix Exner, JohnN193, Rune Søe-Knudsen, Sergi Romero
+
 2.8.0 (2026-03-20)
 ------------------
 * Improve cleanup of trajectory buffer  (`#466 <https://github.com/UniversalRobots/Universal_Robots_Client_Library/issues/466>`_)

package.xml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format2.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="3">
   <name>ur_client_library</name>
-  <version>2.8.0</version>
+  <version>2.9.0</version>
   <description>Standalone C++ library for accessing Universal Robots interfaces. This has been forked off the ur_robot_driver.</description>
   <author>Thomas Timm Andersen</author>
   <author>Simon Rasmussen</author>