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+## v0.26.0
+
+- ⚠️ Replaced `aws-sdk-go-v2` and `gocloud.dev/blob` with custom lighter implementation ([#6562](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/6562)).
+    As a side-effect of the dependency removal, the binary size has been reduced with ~10MB and builds ~30% faster.
+    _Although the change is expected to be backward-compatible, I'd recommend to test first locally the new version with your S3 provider (if you use S3 for files storage and backups)._
+
+- ⚠️ Prioritized the user submitted non-empty `createData.email` (_it will be unverified_) when creating the PocketBase user during the first OAuth2 auth.
+
+- Load the request info context during password/OAuth2/OTP authentication ([#6402](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/6402)).
+    This could be useful in case you want to target the auth method as part of the MFA and Auth API rules.
+    For example, to disable MFA for the OAuth2 auth could be expressed as `@request.context != "oauth2"` MFA rule.
+
+- Added `store.Store.SetFunc(key, func(old T) new T)` to set/update a store value with the return result of the callback in a concurrent safe manner.
+
+- Added `subscription.Message.WriteSSE(w, id)` for writing an SSE formatted message into the provided writer interface (_used mostly to assist with the unit testing_).
+
+- Added `$os.stat(file)` JSVM helper ([#6407](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/6407)).
+
+- Added log warning for `async` marked JSVM handlers and resolve when possible the returned `Promise` as fallback ([#6476](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/6476)).
+
+- Allowed calling `cronAdd`, `cronRemove` from inside other JSVM handlers ([#6481](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/6481)).
+
+- Bumped the default request read and write timeouts to 5mins (_old 3mins_) to accommodate slower internet connections and larger file uploads/downloads.
+    _If you want to change them you can modify the `OnServe` hook's `ServeEvent.ReadTimeout/WriteTimeout` fields as shown in [#6550](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/6550#discussioncomment-12364515)._
+
+- Normalized the `@request.auth.*` and `@request.body.*` back relations resolver to always return `null` when the relation field is pointing to a different collection ([#6590](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/6590#discussioncomment-12496581)).
+
+- Other minor improvements (_fixed query dev log nested parameters output, reintroduced `DynamicModel` object/array props reflect types caching, updated Go and npm deps, etc._)
+
+
 ## v0.25.9
 
 - Fixed `DynamicModel` object/array props reflect type caching ([#6563](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/6563)).
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-0.25.9
+0.26.0-rc.1