From 729f33c10ebad6d68529edff505f7edbe19f659b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephen Finucane <stephen@that.guru>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 11:24:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] release 2.9.0

Signed-off-by: Stephen Finucane <stephen@that.guru>
---
 NEWS | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4d5f9c87..f45e388c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ Changes and improvements to testtools_, grouped by release.
 NEXT
 ~~~~
 
+2.9.0
+~~~~~
+
+Improvements
+------------
+* Add ``LessThanOrEqual`` and ``GreaterThanOrEqual`` matchers.
+  (Julian Edwards, #594)
+
+* Improve type annotations throughout the codebase, including compatibility
+  fixes for mypy 1.20.0.
+  (Stephen Finucane, #587, #591, #592, #593, #600)
+
 2.8.7
 ~~~~~