chore: Release v0.50.2 (#2246)

* Add changelog

Signed-off-by: Alexandru Vasile <alexandru.vasile@parity.io>

* cargo: Release version 0.50.2

Signed-off-by: Alexandru Vasile <alexandru.vasile@parity.io>

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Signed-off-by: Alexandru Vasile <alexandru.vasile@parity.io>

Author: lexnv

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ 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/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.50.2] - 2026-07-06
+
+This release fixes an issue whereby setting the genesis hash in the `SubstrateConfigBuilder` had no effect, and improves the reliability of tests against public archival RPC endpoints.
+
+### Changed
+
+- Update Artifacts (auto-generated) ([#2245](https://github.com/paritytech/subxt/pull/2245))
+- tests: Exponential backoff for archival RPC public endpoints ([#2244](https://github.com/paritytech/subxt/pull/2244))
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fix: `SubstrateConfigBuilder::set_genesis_hash` is a no-op ([#2236](https://github.com/paritytech/subxt/pull/2236))
+
 ## [0.50.1] - 2026-04-27
 
 This release bumps the light-client smoldot crate to the latest version and adds several fixes.

Cargo.lock

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 [workspace.package]
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 edition = "2024"
-version = "0.50.1"
+version = "0.50.2"
 rust-version = "1.85.0"
 license = "Apache-2.0 OR GPL-3.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/paritytech/subxt"