docs: sync release metadata for v1.9.6 (#218)

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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.9.6] - 2026-04-20
+
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 - read-path/hardening: stop converting backend failures on Drilldown `detected_fields`, `detected_labels`, detected field values, `/index/volume`, and `/index/volume_range` into empty success payloads; these handlers now serve stale last-good cache entries when available and otherwise return real upstream-style errors, and volume helpers now reject non-success `/select/logsql/hits` responses instead of silently parsing them as empty data.

README.md

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 [![VictoriaLogs Compatibility](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/actions/workflows/compat-vl.yaml/badge.svg?branch=main&event=push)](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/actions/workflows/compat-vl.yaml)
 [![Go Version](https://img.shields.io/github/go-mod/go-version/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy)](https://go.dev/)
 [![Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy)](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/releases)
-[![Lines of Code](https://img.shields.io/badge/go%20loc-77.5k-blue)](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy)
-[![Tests](https://img.shields.io/badge/tests-1787%20passed-brightgreen)](#tests)
-[![Coverage](https://img.shields.io/badge/coverage-89.8%25-green)](#tests)
+[![Lines of Code](https://img.shields.io/badge/go%20loc-77.8k-blue)](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy)
+[![Tests](https://img.shields.io/badge/tests-1794%20passed-brightgreen)](#tests)
+[![Coverage](https://img.shields.io/badge/coverage-89.9%25-green)](#tests)
 [![LogQL Coverage](https://img.shields.io/badge/LogQL%20coverage-100%25-brightgreen)](#logql-compatibility)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy)](LICENSE)
 [![CodeQL](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/actions/workflows/codeql.yaml/badge.svg?branch=main&event=push)](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/actions/workflows/codeql.yaml)

charts/loki-vl-proxy/Chart.yaml

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: loki-vl-proxy
 description: HTTP proxy translating Loki API to VictoriaLogs
 type: application
-version: 1.9.5
-appVersion: "1.9.5"
+version: 1.9.6
+appVersion: "1.9.6"
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