[None][chore] bump transformers to 5.5.4

[longlee0622]

To fix the broken Kimi K2.5 Tokenizer in previous transformers 5.5.3

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  • Updated Hugging Face transformers library to version 5.5.4 across the entire application ecosystem. This ensures consistency across all components and configurations, improves overall platform stability and performance, and provides access to the latest transformer model improvements along with critical security and bug fixes for enhanced system reliability and operational efficiency.

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This PR synchronizes the transformers dependency across the project, bumping the root requirements.txt from 5.5.3 to 5.5.4 and the backend triton_backend/requirements.txt from 5.3.0 to 5.5.4 to align both environments.

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Transformers Version Sync

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Synchronized transformers version bump to 5.5.4 requirements.txt, triton_backend/requirements.txt	Transformers is pinned to 5.5.4 in both the root and backend requirements files, aligning dependency versions across the project.

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❌ Failed checks (1 inconclusive)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check	❓ Inconclusive	PR description provides minimal explanation of the issue and solution. While the reason is stated (fixing broken Kimi K2.5 Tokenizer), required sections are largely unfilled.	Expand the Description section with details about the Kimi K2.5 Tokenizer issue and why 5.5.4 fixes it. Add Test Coverage section explaining how the fix was validated. Complete the PR Checklist with specific evidence of review.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately summarizes the main change: bumping the transformers dependency to version 5.5.4. It is concise, clear, and follows the repository's template format with [None][chore] prefix.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
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