chore: release (#2748)

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## Summary by cubic
Release 2.9.5. Adds favorite messages (prompt templates) and fixes
starters to respect the selected/default mode.

- **New Features**
  - Favorite messages (prompt templates)

- **Bug Fixes**
  - Starters now use the selected/default mode correctly

<sup>Written for commit 26fb2ad.
Summary will update on new commits.</sup>

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Author: hayescode

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ All notable changes to Chainlit will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
+## [2.9.5] - 2026-01-08
+
+### Added
+- Add favorite messages (prompt templates)
+
+### Fixed
+- Fix: Starters now correctly use the selected/default mode if configured
+
 ## [2.9.4] - 2025-12-24
 
 ### Added

backend/chainlit/version.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.9.4"
+__version__ = "2.9.5"