Prepare release 0.16.1

docs/conf.py

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version
 version = ''
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.16.0'
+release = '0.16.1'
 
 docs_url_prefix = "ecosystem/ibm-runtime"
 

docs/index.rst

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #########################################
-Qiskit Runtime 0.15.0 documentation
+Qiskit Runtime 0.16.1 documentation
 #########################################
 
 Overview
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ This primitive takes circuits as input and returns a quasi-probability distribut
 
 **Error suppression / mitigation**
 
-While building a fault-tolerant quantum computation is the ultimate goal, at present, calculations performed on near-term quantum computers are susceptible to noise.  Qiskit Runtime offers several methods for preventing errors before they occur (error suppression techniques) and dealing with those that do occur (error mitigation techniques).  
+While building a fault-tolerant quantum computation is the ultimate goal, at present, calculations performed on near-term quantum computers are susceptible to noise.  Qiskit Runtime offers several methods for preventing errors before they occur (error suppression techniques) and dealing with those that do occur (error mitigation techniques).
 
 **Session**
 

qiskit_ibm_runtime/VERSION.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.16.0
+0.16.1

releasenotes/notes/0.16/q-ctrl-instance-check-46181d51f16d18bc.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    If a cloud instance that is ``q-ctrl`` enabled is used while ``q-ctrl`` is not
+    passed in as the ``channel_strategy``, an error will be raised.