[Identity] Prepare release (#37439)

Signed-off-by: Paul Van Eck <paulvaneck@microsoft.com>

sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 # Release History
 
-## 1.18.0b3 (Unreleased)
+## 1.18.0 (2024-09-19)
 
 ### Features Added
 
-- All credentials now support the `SupportsTokenInfo` protocol. Each credential now has a `get_token_info` method which returns an `AccessTokenInfo` object. The `get_token_info` method is an alternative method to `get_token` that improves support support for more complex authentication scenarios. ([#36882](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/36882))
+- All credentials now implement the `SupportsTokenInfo` or `AsyncSupportsTokenInfo` protocol. Each credential now has a `get_token_info` method which returns an `AccessTokenInfo` object. The `get_token_info` method is an alternative method to `get_token` that improves support for more complex authentication scenarios. ([#36882](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/36882))
     - Information on when a token should be refreshed is now saved in `AccessTokenInfo` (if available).
 
-### Breaking Changes
-
-### Bugs Fixed
-
 ### Other Changes
 
 - Added identity config validation to `ManagedIdentityCredential` to avoid non-deterministic states (e.g. both `resource_id` and `object_id` are specified). ([#36950](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/36950))

sdk/identity/azure-identity/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Azure Identity client library for Python
 
-The Azure Identity library provides [Microsoft Entra ID](https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/fundamentals/whatis) ([formerly Azure Active Directory](https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/fundamentals/new-name)) token authentication support across the Azure SDK. It provides a set of [`TokenCredential`](https://learn.microsoft.com/python/api/azure-core/azure.core.credentials.tokencredential?view=azure-python) implementations, which can be used to construct Azure SDK clients that support Microsoft Entra token authentication.
+The Azure Identity library provides [Microsoft Entra ID](https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/fundamentals/whatis) ([formerly Azure Active Directory](https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/fundamentals/new-name)) token authentication support across the Azure SDK. It provides a set of [`TokenCredential`][token_cred_ref]/[`SupportsTokenInfo`][supports_token_info_ref] implementations, which can be used to construct Azure SDK clients that support Microsoft Entra token authentication.
 
 [Source code](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/main/sdk/identity/azure-identity)
 | [Package (PyPI)](https://pypi.org/project/azure-identity/)
@@ -404,6 +404,8 @@ This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct](https://ope
 [powershell_cred_ref]: https://aka.ms/azsdk/python/identity/powershellcredential
 [ref_docs]: https://aka.ms/azsdk/python/identity/docs
 [ref_docs_aio]: https://aka.ms/azsdk/python/identity/aio/docs
+[token_cred_ref]: https://learn.microsoft.com/python/api/azure-core/azure.core.credentials.tokencredential?view=azure-python
+[supports_token_info_ref]: https://learn.microsoft.com/python/api/azure-core/azure.core.credentials.supportstokeninfo?view=azure-python
 [troubleshooting_guide]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/main/sdk/identity/azure-identity/TROUBLESHOOTING.md
 [userpass_cred_ref]: https://aka.ms/azsdk/python/identity/usernamepasswordcredential
 [vscode_cred_ref]: https://aka.ms/azsdk/python/identity/vscodecredential

sdk/identity/azure-identity/azure/identity/_version.py

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 # Licensed under the MIT License.
 # ------------------------------------
-VERSION = "1.18.0b3"
+VERSION = "1.18.0"

sdk/identity/azure-identity/setup.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ setup(
     url="https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/identity/azure-identity",
     keywords="azure, azure sdk",
     classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",