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@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file, following t
 Note that since we don't clearly distinguish between a public and private interfaces there will be changes in non-major versions that are potentially breaking. If we make breaking changes to less used interfaces we will highlight it in here.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
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+## [v5.9.0] - 2026-05-03
 - Fix edge case when `PluginSpec.animations` is empty
 - Add 8K UHD option to `ViewportScreenshotHelper`
 - Handle MRC files with empty length header fields