first draft of release notes

Author: swannodette

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+= 1.12.144 Release
+ClojureScript Team
+2026-05-07 12:00:00
+:jbake-type: post
+
+ifdef::env-github,env-browser[:outfilesuffix: .adoc]
+
+We're happy to announce a new release of ClojureScript. If you're an
+existing user of ClojureScript please read over the following release
+notes carefully.
+
+## Async Functions
+
+Now that ClojureScript targets
+https://clojurescript.org/news/2025-11-24[ECMAScript 2016] we can
+carefully choose new areas of enhanced interop. Starting with this
+release hinting a function as `^:async` will make ClojureScript
+compiler emit
+https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/async_function[JavaScript
+async functions]:
+
+[source,clojure]
+```
+(defn ^:async foo [n]
+  (let [x (await (Promise/resolve 10))
+        y (let [y (await (Promise/resolve 20))]
+            (inc y))
+        ;; not async
+
+    (+ n x y (f))))
+```
+
+This also works for tests:
+
+[source,clojure]
+```
+(deftest ^:async defn-test
+  (try
+    (let [v (await (foo 10))]
+      (is (= 61 v)))
+    (let [v (await (apply foo [10]))]
+      (is (= 61 v)))
+    (catch :default _ (is false))))
+```
+
+In the last Clojure survey, support for async functions dominated the
+list of desired enhancements for JavaScript interop. This enhancement
+greatly simplifies interacting with modern Browser APIs and popular
+libraries, eliminating the need for additional dependencies in the
+most typical scenarios.
+
+For a complete list of fixes, changes, and enhancements to
+ClojureScript see
+https://github.com/clojure/clojurescript/blob/master/changes.md#1.12.144[here]
+
+## Contributors
+
+Thanks to all of the community members who contributed to ClojureScript 1.12.134
+
+* Michiel Borkent