v26.04

Author: sangbida

.version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-v26.04rc3
+v26.04

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
-## [26.04rc3] - 2026-04-13: Negative Routing Fees
+## [26.04] - 2026-04-20: Negative Routing Fees
 
 This release is named by @Chand-ra.
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Note: You should always set `allow-deprecated-apis=false` to test for changes.
 [#9046]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/9046
 [#9047]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/9047
 [#9068]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/9068
-[v26.04rc3]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v26.04rc3
+[v26.04]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v26.04
 
 
 ## [25.12.1] - 2026-1-14: "Boltz's Seamless Upgrade Experience II"

contrib/pyln-client/pyln/client/__init__.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from .gossmapstats import GossmapStats
 from .version import NodeVersion
 
-__version__ = "v26.04rc3"
+__version__ = "v26.04"
 
 __all__ = [
     "LightningRpc",

contrib/pyln-client/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pyln-client"
-version = "v26.04rc3"
+version = "v26.04"
 description = "Client library and plugin library for Core Lightning"
 authors = [{ name = "Christian Decker", email = "decker.christian@gmail.com" }]
 license = { text = "BSD-MIT" }

contrib/pyln-proto/pyln/proto/__init__.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from .onion import OnionPayload, TlvPayload, LegacyOnionPayload
 from .wire import LightningConnection, LightningServerSocket
 
-__version__ = "v26.04rc3"
+__version__ = "v26.04"
 
 __all__ = [
     "Invoice",

contrib/pyln-proto/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pyln-proto"
-version = "v26.04rc3"
+version = "v26.04"
 description = "This package implements some of the Lightning Network protocol in pure python. It is intended for protocol testing and some minor tooling only. It is not deemed secure enough to handle any amount of real funds (you have been warned!)."
 authors = [
     {name = "Christian Decker", email = "decker.christian@gmail.com"}

contrib/pyln-testing/pyln/testing/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "v26.04rc3"
+__version__ = "v26.04"
 
 __all__ = [
     "__version__",

contrib/pyln-testing/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pyln-testing"
-version = "v26.04rc3"
+version = "v26.04"
 description = "Test your Core Lightning integration, plugins or whatever you want"
 authors = [{ name = "Christian Decker", email = "decker.christian@gmail.com" }]
 license = { text = "BSD-MIT" }

tools/reckless

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from urllib.error import HTTPError
 import venv
 
 
-__VERSION__ = 'v26.04rc3'
+__VERSION__ = 'v26.04'
 
 logging.basicConfig(
     level=logging.INFO,