v26.04rc3

Author: sangbida

.version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-v26.04rc2
+v26.04rc3

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ 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/).
 
-## [26.04rc2] - 2026-04-02: TBD
+## [26.04rc3] - 2026-04-13: Negative Routing Fees
 
-This release is named by TBD.
+This release is named by @Chand-ra.
 
 ### Added
 
- - Protocol: we now pad all peer messages to make them the same length (excluding LND < v21 and current Eclair). ([#8893])
+ - Protocol: we now pad all peer messages to make them the same length (excluding LND < v21 and current Eclair). ([#8893], [#9022])
  - JSON-RPC: `bkpr-report` allows flexible summaries of bookkeeper income. ([#8937])
  - Config: `bkpr-currency` option to record conversion rate at each bookkeeper event. ([#8937])
  - JSON-RPC: `currencyconvert` and `currencyrate` via the new plugin `cln-currencyrate` ([#8842], [#8937])
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ This release is named by TBD.
  - JSON-RPC: `listpeerchannels` now accepts a `channel_id` filter, ([#8766])
  - Database: STRICT tables and security pragmas in developer mode ([#8559])
  - libplugin: support for options which accumulate if specified more than once ("multi": true). ([#8490])
+ - msggen: added `splicein`, `spliceout`, and `bkpr-report` RPC method definitions. ([#9047])
 
 
 ### Changed
@@ -133,8 +134,10 @@ Note: You should always set `allow-deprecated-apis=false` to test for changes.
 [#8983]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8983
 [#8997]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8997
 [#9021]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/9021
+[#9022]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/9022
 [#9046]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/9046
-[v26.04rc2]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v26.04rc2
+[#9047]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/9047
+[v26.04rc3]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v26.04rc3
 
 
 ## [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__ = "v26.04rc2"
+__version__ = "v26.04rc3"
 
 __all__ = [
     "LightningRpc",

contrib/pyln-client/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pyln-client"
-version = "v26.04rc2"
+version = "v26.04rc3"
 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__ = "v26.04rc2"
+__version__ = "v26.04rc3"
 
 __all__ = [
     "Invoice",

contrib/pyln-proto/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pyln-proto"
-version = "v26.04rc2"
+version = "v26.04rc3"
 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__ = "v26.04rc2"
+__version__ = "v26.04rc3"
 
 __all__ = [
     "__version__",

contrib/pyln-testing/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pyln-testing"
-version = "v26.04rc2"
+version = "v26.04rc3"
 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__ = 'v26.04rc2'
+__VERSION__ = 'v26.04rc3'
 
 logging.basicConfig(
     level=logging.INFO,