From 948753061a4a8d8655678aefbd6c53e6a470aeca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Austin Horstman <khaneliman12@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 11:36:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] home-manager: prepare 26.11

Signed-off-by: Austin Horstman <khaneliman12@gmail.com>
---
 docs/manual/manual.md               |  2 +-
 docs/release-notes/release-notes.md |  1 +
 docs/release-notes/rl-2611.md       | 14 ++++++++++++++
 home-manager/home-manager           |  2 +-
 modules/misc/version.nix            |  1 +
 release.json                        |  2 +-
 6 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/release-notes/rl-2611.md

diff --git a/docs/manual/manual.md b/docs/manual/manual.md
index 2120d9282..f944d50a1 100644
--- a/docs/manual/manual.md
+++ b/docs/manual/manual.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Home Manager Manual {#home-manager-manual}
 
-## Version 26.05
+## Version 26.11 (unstable)
 
 
 ```{=include=} preface
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes.md
index c9a40eb38..83087f537 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ This section lists the release notes for stable versions of Home Manager
 and the current unstable version.
 
 ```{=include=} chapters
+rl-2611.md
 rl-2605.md
 rl-2511.md
 rl-2505.md
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/rl-2611.md b/docs/release-notes/rl-2611.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d659b4bf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release-notes/rl-2611.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Release 26.11 {#sec-release-26.11}
+
+This is the current unstable branch and the information in this
+section is therefore not final.
+
+## Highlights {#sec-release-26.11-highlights}
+
+This release has the following notable changes:
+
+## State Version Changes {#sec-release-26.11-state-version-changes}
+
+The state version in this release includes the changes below. These
+changes are only active if the `home.stateVersion` option is set to
+"26.11" or later.
diff --git a/home-manager/home-manager b/home-manager/home-manager
index b60af3347..5d0b46aed 100644
--- a/home-manager/home-manager
+++ b/home-manager/home-manager
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             export VERBOSE=1
             ;;
         --version)
-            echo 26.05-pre
+            echo 26.11-pre
             exit 0
             ;;
         *)
diff --git a/modules/misc/version.nix b/modules/misc/version.nix
index 9e9a83cd6..3886ef409 100644
--- a/modules/misc/version.nix
+++ b/modules/misc/version.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ in
         "25.05"
         "25.11"
         "26.05"
+        "26.11"
       ];
       description = ''
         It is occasionally necessary for Home Manager to change
diff --git a/release.json b/release.json
index ac3c32e61..5c0d57264 100644
--- a/release.json
+++ b/release.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "release": "26.05",
+  "release": "26.11",
   "isReleaseBranch": false
 }