Deprecate examples/llm_autodeploy

[Fridah-nv]

What does this PR do?

Type of change: deprecation

Mark the AutoQuant + TensorRT-LLM AutoDeploy example as deprecated per the deprecation policy: add a deprecation banner to the example README and a note under the 0.45 Deprecations section of the changelog. The example will be removed in a future release; users should use TensorRT-LLM's AutoDeploy directly together with ModelOpt PTQ in examples/llm_ptq.

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• Deprecations
  • The examples/llm_autodeploy example is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Users should migrate to TensorRT-LLM's AutoDeploy directly with ModelOpt PTQ instead.

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• CHANGELOG.rst
• examples/llm_autodeploy/README.md

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Walkthrough

Two documentation files are updated to mark examples/llm_autodeploy as deprecated in ModelOpt 0.45. CHANGELOG.rst adds a Deprecations bullet, and examples/llm_autodeploy/README.md inserts a warning block at the top, both pointing users to TensorRT-LLM's AutoDeploy combined with ModelOpt PTQ in examples/llm_ptq.

Changes

Deprecation notices for llm_autodeploy

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Deprecation notices in CHANGELOG and README CHANGELOG.rst, examples/llm_autodeploy/README.md	CHANGELOG.rst adds a Deprecations entry for examples/llm_autodeploy with removal timeline. README.md inserts a [!WARNING] block at the top referencing ModelOpt 0.45 and linking to the recommended alternative workflow.

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🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 6

✅ Passed checks (6 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title 'Deprecate examples/llm_autodeploy' directly and accurately summarizes the main change in the pull request, which marks the AutoQuant + TensorRT-LLM AutoDeploy example as deprecated.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Security Anti-Patterns	✅ Passed	PR only adds documentation (deprecation notice in CHANGELOG.rst and README.md); no Python code changes. Existing llm_autodeploy code has no security anti-patterns: no hardcoded trust_remote_code=Tr...

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Claude review passed — no blocking issues found. LGTM

Scope: Reviewed both changed files (CHANGELOG.rst, examples/llm_autodeploy/README.md) — a docs-only deprecation, +11/-0.

Findings: CRITICAL: 0, IMPORTANT: 0, SUGGESTION: 0

Notes (non-blocking):

• The changelog entry correctly lands in the 0.45 Deprecations section (0.45 starts at line 24, 0.44 at line 111), consistent with the README banner's "Deprecated (ModelOpt 0.45)" and the PR description.
• Relative link ../llm_ptq/README.md resolves correctly to examples/llm_ptq/README.md (verified present); the AutoDeploy GitHub link and RST anchor are well-formed.
• No source/mode/export/state surface is touched — the example code is unchanged, so there is no restore, registration, or backward-compat risk beyond the documented eventual removal.

Risk level: minimal.

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Codecov Report

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✅ Project coverage is 77.23%. Comparing base (d0ac6d7) to head (ed531df).
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