Merge pull request #573 from PyAutoLabs/feature/version-stamp-sync-guards

chore: sync __version__ stamp to 2026.8.17.1 (freeze documented)

Author: Jammy2211

autogalaxy/__init__.py

@@ -131,7 +131,10 @@
 from autonerves.fitsable import output_to_fits
 from autonerves.fitsable import hdu_list_for_output_from
 
-__version__ = "2026.7.23.1"
+# Last manual sync of the source stamp. Release wheels are stamped at build
+# time and the git tag is the release truth — deliberately never bumped per
+# release (PyAutoBuild#118/#120).
+__version__ = "2026.8.17.1"
 
 from autonerves import check_version