Release 0.15.1

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -39,28 +39,24 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         name: Install Python
         with:
           python-version: '3.10'
       - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
           toolchain: stable
       - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
         with:
           platforms: all
-      - name: Install cibuildwheel
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.17.0
       - name: Build wheels
-        run: |
-          python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.19.2
         env:
-          CIBW_BEFORE_ALL_LINUX: "sed -i -e 's/^mirrorlist/#mirrorlist/' -e 's/^#baseurl/baseurl/' -e 's/mirror.centos.org/vault.centos.org/' /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo && yum install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/aarch64/Packages/e/epel-release-7-12.noarch.rpm && yum install -y openblas-devel"
+          CIBW_BEFORE_ALL_LINUX: "sed -i -e 's/^mirrorlist/#mirrorlist/' -e 's/^#baseurl/baseurl/' -e 's/mirror.centos.org/vault.centos.org/' /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo && yum install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/epel/7/aarch64/Packages/e/epel-release-7-12.noarch.rpm && yum install -y openblas-devel"
           CIBW_ARCHS_LINUX: aarch64
-          CIBW_TEST_SKIP: "cp38* cp39* cp310* cp311*"
+          CIBW_TEST_SKIP: "cp*"
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
@@ -226,15 +222,15 @@ jobs:
         with:
           toolchain: stable
       - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
         with:
           platforms: all
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.16.2
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.19.2
         env:
           CIBW_ARCHS_LINUX: s390x
           CIBW_TEST_SKIP: "cp*"
-          CIBW_BEFORE_ALL: "sed -i -e 's/^mirrorlist/#mirrorlist/' -e 's/^#baseurl/baseurl/' -e 's/mirror.centos.org/vault.centos.org/' /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo && yum install -y epel-release && yum install -y openblas-devel"
+          CIBW_BEFORE_ALL: "sed -i -e 's/^mirrorlist/#mirrorlist/' -e 's/^#baseurl/baseurl/' -e 's/mirror.centos.org/vault.centos.org/' /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo && yum install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/8/Everything/s390x/Packages/e/epel-release-8-21.el8.noarch.rpm && yum install -y openblas-devel"
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
@@ -262,15 +258,15 @@ jobs:
         with:
           toolchain: stable
       - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
         with:
           platforms: all
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.16.2
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.19.2
         env:
+          CIBW_BEFORE_ALL: "sed -i -e 's/^mirrorlist/#mirrorlist/' -e 's/^#baseurl/baseurl/' -e 's/mirror.centos.org/vault.centos.org/' /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo && yum install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/epel/7/ppc64le/Packages/e/epel-release-7-14.noarch.rpm && yum install -y openblas-devel"
           CIBW_ARCHS_LINUX: ppc64le
           CIBW_TEST_SKIP: "cp*"
-          CIBW_BEFORE_ALL: "sed -i -e 's/^mirrorlist/#mirrorlist/' -e 's/^#baseurl/baseurl/' -e 's/mirror.centos.org/vault.centos.org/' /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo && yum install -y epel-release && yum install -y openblas-devel"
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 60
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8']
+        python-version: ['3.9']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [docs]
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8']
+        python-version: ['3.9']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -74,15 +74,14 @@ jobs:
           pip install -U -r requirements-dev.txt -c constraints.txt
           pip install -c constraints.txt git+https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit
           pip install -c constraints.txt .
-          pip install -U "qiskit-ibmq-provider" "z3-solver" "qiskit-ignis" "qiskit-aqua" "pyscf<1.7.4" "matplotlib>=3.3.0" jupyter pylatexenc nbsphinx cvxpy qiskit-sphinx-theme -c constraints.txt
           sudo apt install -y graphviz pandoc libopenblas-dev
           pip check
         shell: bash
       - name: Run Tutorials
         run: |
           set -e
           cd qiskit-tutorials
-          rm -rf tutorials/chemistry tutorials/circuits tutorials/circuits_advanced tutorials/finance tutorials/optimization tutorials/algorithms tutorials/operators tutorials/noise tutorials/machine_learning
+          rm -rf tutorials/circuits tutorials/circuits_advanced tutorials/algorithms tutorials/operators
           sphinx-build -b html . _build/html
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
         qiskit-extra: [""]
         include:
           - python-version: "3.10"
-            qiskit-extra: "'qiskit>=1.0.0rc1'"
+            qiskit-extra: "'qiskit>=1.3.0b1'"
 
     env:
       AER_THRUST_BACKEND: OMP

qiskit_aer/VERSION.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.15.0
+0.15.1

qiskit_aer/backends/backendconfiguration.py

@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.local = True
         self.simulator = True
         self.conditional = True
+        self.open_pulse = False
         self.memory = True
         self.max_shots = max_shots
         self.coupling_map = coupling_map

qiskit_aer/noise/noise_model.py

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 
-from qiskit.circuit import Instruction, Delay
+from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit, Instruction, Delay, Reset
+from qiskit.circuit.library.generalized_gates import PauliGate, UnitaryGate
 from qiskit.providers import QubitProperties
 from qiskit.providers.exceptions import BackendPropertyError
 from qiskit.providers.models.backendproperties import BackendProperties
@@ -959,6 +960,105 @@ def to_dict(self, serializable=False):
 
         return ret
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_dict(noise_dict):
+        """
+        Load NoiseModel from a dictionary.
+        Args:
+            noise_dict (dict): A serialized noise model.
+        Returns:
+            NoiseModel: the noise model.
+        Raises:
+            NoiseError: if dict cannot be converted to NoiseModel.
+        """
+        warn(
+            "from_dict has been deprecated as of qiskit-aer 0.15.0"
+            " and will be removed no earlier than 3 months from that release date.",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
+
+        def inst_dic_list_to_circuit(dic_list):
+            num_qubits = max(max(dic["qubits"]) for dic in dic_list) + 1
+            circ = QuantumCircuit(num_qubits)
+            for dic in dic_list:
+                if dic["name"] == "reset":
+                    circ.append(Reset(), qargs=dic["qubits"])
+                elif dic["name"] == "kraus":
+                    circ.append(
+                        Instruction(
+                            name="kraus",
+                            num_qubits=len(dic["qubits"]),
+                            num_clbits=0,
+                            params=dic["params"],
+                        ),
+                        qargs=dic["qubits"],
+                    )
+                elif dic["name"] == "unitary":
+                    circ.append(UnitaryGate(data=dic["params"][0]), qargs=dic["qubits"])
+                elif dic["name"] == "pauli":
+                    circ.append(PauliGate(dic["params"][0]), qargs=dic["qubits"])
+                else:
+                    with catch_warnings():
+                        filterwarnings(
+                            "ignore",
+                            category=DeprecationWarning,
+                            module="qiskit_aer.noise.errors.errorutils",
+                        )
+                        circ.append(
+                            UnitaryGate(
+                                label=dic["name"], data=_standard_gate_unitary(dic["name"])
+                            ),
+                            qargs=dic["qubits"],
+                        )
+            return circ
+
+        # Return noise model
+        noise_model = NoiseModel()
+
+        # Get error terms
+        errors = noise_dict.get("errors", [])
+
+        for error in errors:
+            error_type = error["type"]
+
+            # Add QuantumError
+            if error_type == "qerror":
+                circuits = [inst_dic_list_to_circuit(dics) for dics in error["instructions"]]
+                noise_ops = tuple(zip(circuits, error["probabilities"]))
+                qerror = QuantumError(noise_ops)
+                qerror._id = error.get("id", None) or qerror.id
+                instruction_names = error["operations"]
+                all_gate_qubits = error.get("gate_qubits", None)
+                if all_gate_qubits is not None:
+                    for gate_qubits in all_gate_qubits:
+                        # Add local quantum error
+                        noise_model.add_quantum_error(
+                            qerror, instruction_names, gate_qubits, warnings=False
+                        )
+                else:
+                    # Add all-qubit quantum error
+                    noise_model.add_all_qubit_quantum_error(
+                        qerror, instruction_names, warnings=False
+                    )
+
+            # Add ReadoutError
+            elif error_type == "roerror":
+                probabilities = error["probabilities"]
+                all_gate_qubits = error.get("gate_qubits", None)
+                roerror = ReadoutError(probabilities)
+                # Add local readout error
+                if all_gate_qubits is not None:
+                    for gate_qubits in all_gate_qubits:
+                        noise_model.add_readout_error(roerror, gate_qubits, warnings=False)
+                # Add all-qubit readout error
+                else:
+                    noise_model.add_all_qubit_readout_error(roerror, warnings=False)
+            # Invalid error type
+            else:
+                raise NoiseError("Invalid error type: {}".format(error_type))
+        return noise_model
+
     def _instruction_names_labels(self, instructions):
         """Return two lists of instruction name strings and label strings."""
         if not isinstance(instructions, (list, tuple)):

qiskit_aer/noise/passes/local_noise_pass.py

@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ def run(self, dag: DAGCircuit) -> DAGCircuit:
             if isinstance(new_op, QuantumCircuit):
                 # If the new op is a quantum circuit, compose its DAG with the new dag
                 # so that it is unrolled rather than added as an opaque instruction
-                new_dag.compose(circuit_to_dag(new_op), qubits=node.qargs)  # never touch clbits
+                new_dag.compose(
+                    circuit_to_dag(new_op), qubits=list(node.qargs)
+                )  # never touch clbits
             else:
                 # Otherwise append the instruction returned by the function
                 new_dag.apply_operation_back(new_op, qargs=node.qargs)  # never touch cargs

releasenotes/notes/fix_mps_size_estimator-0dcf387fd870f5e5.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    SIGSEGV raised when the circuits with unsupported gates is
+    passed to MPS simulator, because of `std::set.find()` in
+    size estimator for MPS.
+    This fix avoids SIGSEGV if unsupported gates is passed.

releasenotes/notes/fix_tests_0.15-dccf0acb3cf10571.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixed tutorial build failure of Python version and unused tutorials.
+    Upgraded test for Qiskit 1.0.0rc1 to 1.3.0b1 this will need protection rules
+    for Aer repository. Also fixed noise/passes/local_noise_pass.py needed
+    conversion from tuple to list 

releasenotes/notes/revert_noise_from_dict-b3a85bf28582a9b1.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    Reverting NoiseModel.from_dict temporary to extend deprecation period
+    for qiskit-ibm-runtime, but we will remove again in the future release

releasenotes/notes/truncate_expval-7fa814c732cca8db.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    This fix truncates qubits of save_expval operation when EstimatorV2
+    is made from existing backends using `from_backend`.
+    By transpiling on the existing backends, ancilla qubits are filled
+    to all the qubits that causes memory error on the simulator.
+    So Aer removes unused qubits for save_expval operation.

src/framework/circuit.hpp

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class Circuit {
   uint_t num_qubits = 0;    // maximum number of qubits needed for ops
   uint_t num_memory = 0;    // maximum number of memory clbits needed for ops
   uint_t num_registers = 0; // maximum number of registers clbits needed for ops
+  uint_t num_original_qubits = 0; // number of qubits without ancilla qubits
 
   // Measurement params
   bool has_conditional = false; // True if any ops are conditional
@@ -419,7 +420,20 @@ void Circuit::reset_metadata() {
 void Circuit::add_op_metadata(const Op &op) {
   has_conditional |= op.conditional;
   opset_.insert(op);
-  qubitset_.insert(op.qubits.begin(), op.qubits.end());
+  if (!qubitset_.empty() &&
+      (op.type == OpType::save_expval || op.type == OpType::save_expval_var)) {
+    for (int_t j = 0; j < op.expval_params.size(); j++) {
+      const std::string &pauli = std::get<0>(op.expval_params[j]);
+      for (int_t i = 0; i < op.qubits.size(); i++) {
+        // add qubit with non-I operator
+        if (pauli[pauli.size() - 1 - i] != 'I') {
+          qubitset_.insert(op.qubits[i]);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
+    qubitset_.insert(op.qubits.begin(), op.qubits.end());
+  }
   memoryset_.insert(op.memory.begin(), op.memory.end());
   registerset_.insert(op.registers.begin(), op.registers.end());
 
@@ -589,6 +603,19 @@ void Circuit::set_params(bool truncation) {
     }
     if (remapped_qubits) {
       remap_qubits(ops[pos]);
+    } else if (truncation && qubitmap_.size() < ops[pos].qubits.size()) {
+      // truncate save_expval here when remap is not needed
+      if (ops[pos].type == OpType::save_expval ||
+          ops[pos].type == OpType::save_expval_var) {
+        int_t nparams = ops[pos].expval_params.size();
+        for (int_t i = 0; i < nparams; i++) {
+          std::string &pauli = std::get<0>(ops[pos].expval_params[i]);
+          std::string new_pauli;
+          new_pauli.assign(pauli.end() - qubitmap_.size(), pauli.end());
+          pauli = new_pauli;
+        }
+        ops[pos].qubits.resize(qubitmap_.size());
+      }
     }
     if (pos != op_idx) {
       ops[op_idx] = std::move(ops[pos]);
@@ -653,11 +680,29 @@ void Circuit::set_params(bool truncation) {
 }
 
 void Circuit::remap_qubits(Op &op) const {
-  reg_t new_qubits;
-  for (auto &qubit : op.qubits) {
-    new_qubits.push_back(qubitmap_.at(qubit));
+  // truncate save_expval
+  if (op.type == OpType::save_expval || op.type == OpType::save_expval_var) {
+    int_t nparams = op.expval_params.size();
+    for (int_t i = 0; i < nparams; i++) {
+      std::string &pauli = std::get<0>(op.expval_params[i]);
+      std::string new_pauli;
+      new_pauli.resize(qubitmap_.size());
+      for (auto q = qubitmap_.cbegin(); q != qubitmap_.cend(); q++) {
+        new_pauli[qubitmap_.size() - 1 - q->second] =
+            pauli[pauli.size() - 1 - q->first];
+      }
+      pauli = new_pauli;
+    }
+    for (int_t i = 0; i < qubitmap_.size(); i++) {
+      op.qubits[i] = i;
+    }
+  } else {
+    reg_t new_qubits;
+    for (auto &qubit : op.qubits) {
+      new_qubits.push_back(qubitmap_.at(qubit));
+    }
+    op.qubits = std::move(new_qubits);
   }
-  op.qubits = std::move(new_qubits);
 }
 
 bool Circuit::check_result_ancestor(