docs(pathfinder): clarify 1.3.5 exception regression notes

Update the 1.3.5 and 1.4.0 release notes to remove the YANK NOTICE and document that the ValueError behavior in 1.3.5 was a regression that is fixed in 1.4.0.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

Author: rwgk

cuda_pathfinder/docs/source/release/1.3.5-notes.rst

@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@ Released on Feb 23, 2026
 
 .. warning::
 
-   **YANK NOTICE (PyPI):** ``cuda-pathfinder==1.3.5`` is planned to be yanked
-   because it introduced a short-lived backward-incompatible exception behavior
-   in ``load_nvidia_dynamic_lib()`` (unsupported library names raising
-   ``ValueError``).
+   ``cuda-pathfinder==1.3.5`` introduced a short-lived backward-incompatible
+   exception regression in ``load_nvidia_dynamic_lib()`` (unsupported
+   library names incorrectly raising ``ValueError``).
 
-   Please use ``cuda-pathfinder>=1.4.0``, which restores backward-compatible
+   This bug was corrected in ``cuda-pathfinder>=1.4.0``, restoring backward-compatible
    ``DynamicLibNotFoundError`` subclass behavior while preserving more specific
    error signaling.
 
@@ -27,7 +26,9 @@ Highlights
 
 * Add support for loading NVIDIA driver libraries (``"cuda"``, ``"nvml"``)
   via ``load_nvidia_dynamic_lib()``, and reject unsupported library names
-  with ``ValueError``.
+  with ``ValueError`` (**EDIT:** this behavior was
+  `a regression <https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-python/issues/1684>`_
+  and was corrected in ``cuda-pathfinder>=1.4.0``).
   (`PR #1602 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-python/pull/1602>`_)
 
 * Add bitcode library discovery helpers and public API support, including

cuda_pathfinder/docs/source/release/1.4.0-notes.rst

@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ Highlights
 
 * Restore backward-compatible exception behavior for
   ``load_nvidia_dynamic_lib()`` argument validation by replacing the short-lived
-  1.3.5 ``ValueError`` behavior with ``DynamicLibNotFoundError`` subclasses:
-  ``DynamicLibUnknownError`` and ``DynamicLibNotAvailableError``.
+  ``ValueError`` introduced in ``1.3.5`` with ``DynamicLibNotFoundError``
+  subclasses: ``DynamicLibUnknownError`` and ``DynamicLibNotAvailableError``.
   (`PR #1688 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-python/pull/1688>`_)