From f2e49557b429e3952cf82a1809badfa0f76d45e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrii V <andrii@rhodecode.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 12:11:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Release notes for 5.9.0

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 docs/release-notes/release-notes-5.9.0.rst | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 docs/release-notes/release-notes.rst       |  1 +
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 create mode 100644 docs/release-notes/release-notes-5.9.0.rst

diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-5.9.0.rst b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-5.9.0.rst
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+|RCE| 5.9.0 |RNS|
+-----------------
+
+Release Date
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- 2025-11-05
+
+New Features
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- AI-powered Code Review: Added UI button to simplify running AI code review on pull requests. Added detailed audit logging for AI review actions. (Enterprise Edition only)
+- AI-powered Code Review: Admins can fetch latest list of AI model versions from corresponding API, instead of using static list.
+- User management: Added CLI commands for admins to find, notify, and delete inactive users with configurable inactivity thresholds and email notifications.
+- Default Branch Configuration: Added system-wide setting to configure default branch name (e.g., 'main', 'master', 'development') for new Git repositories.
+- Celery Task Deduplication: Implemented deduplication mechanism for Celery background tasks. Disabled by default, enabled via ``celery.enable_deduplication`` setting in .ini file.
+
+General
+^^^^^^^
+
+- dev: Added local SMTP server support for testing email notifications in dev env.
+- tests: Improved test cleanup with automatic temporary file removal after test execution.
+- deps: Migrated from deprecated pkg_resources library to importlib for package metadata handling.
+- docs: New scaling and performance tuning page with detailed guidance on configuring Gunicorn workers/threads, Docker replicas for HTTP/SSH/SVN/Celery services.
+
+Security
+^^^^^^^^
+
+
+Performance
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+
+
+Fixes
+^^^^^
+
+- ai-review: Fixed UI layout issues in AI code review interface and improved API key field security (password type input).
+
+Upgrade notes
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- RhodeCode 5.9.0 is a planned feature release.
+- Enhancements to AI code review capabilities, configurable default branch names for Git repos.
+
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes.rst b/docs/release-notes/release-notes.rst
index a5f8476c..ad763cf0 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Release Notes
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   release-notes-5.9.0.rst
    release-notes-5.8.1.rst
    release-notes-5.8.0.rst
    release-notes-5.7.0.rst