feat: update to qiskit 1.3

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
         os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
         os: ["macOS-latest"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
         os: ["windows-latest"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3

pyproject.toml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ name = "qiskit_alice_bob_provider"
 authors = [
     {name = "Alice & Bob Software Team"},
 ]
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.1.0"
 description = "Provider for running Qiskit circuits on Alice & Bob QPUs and simulators"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {text = "Apache 2.0"}
@@ -21,22 +21,20 @@ classifiers=[
     "Operating System :: MacOS",
     "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics",
 ]
 urls = {Homepage = "https://github.com/Alice-Bob-SW/qiskit-alice-bob-provider", "Alice & Bob" = "https://alice-bob.com/"}
-requires-python = ">=3.8, <3.13"
+requires-python = ">=3.9, <3.13"
 dependencies = [
     "ipython",
     "ipywidgets",
     "pydantic>=2.0",
     "requests>=1.26",
-    # Qiskit version is pinned because substitute_node_with_dag function is patched to make custom instructions work.
-    "qiskit==1.2.4",
+    "qiskit==1.3.1",
     "qiskit-aer<0.16.0",
     "qiskit-qir-alice-bob-fork==0.5.0rc0",
     "tenacity"

qiskit_alice_bob_provider/custom_instructions.py

@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@
 from qiskit.circuit import Instruction, InstructionSet, QuantumCircuit, Reset
 from qiskit.circuit.equivalence_library import SessionEquivalenceLibrary
 from qiskit.circuit.quantumcircuit import ClbitSpecifier, QubitSpecifier
-from qiskit.dagcircuit import DAGCircuit
-
-from qiskit_alice_bob_provider.local.patch.substitute_node_with_dag import (
-    substitute_node_with_dag,
-)
 
 
 class MeasureX(Instruction):
@@ -65,13 +60,3 @@ def _measure_x(
 _c = QuantumCircuit(1, 0)
 _c.initialize('0', 0)  # pylint: disable=no-member
 SessionEquivalenceLibrary.add_equivalence(Reset(), _c)
-
-
-# The function substitute_node_with_dag is patched to make the custom measure_x
-# instruction work with Qiskit 1.2.
-# It adds the else statement that was removed on lines 1610-1611
-# in dagcircuit.py in this commit :
-# https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/commit/353b0ea6bdd907e801ad8fa264f3444e0be942aa#diff-4fb31a3ade5ae57cfd91ea00dbf3c5b6ab066a8234a742d91f9c09a09edca2f7L1610-L1611
-# This function will be moved to Rust in Qiskit version 1.3
-# so we will have to find another solution.
-DAGCircuit.substitute_node_with_dag = substitute_node_with_dag