Release v1.69.0 (#4521)

Co-authored-by: stefanvanburen <stefanvanburen@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: buf-release-bot[bot]

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [v1.69.0] - 2026-04-29
 
 - Increase check plugin WASM memory limits to 1GiB.
 - Fix LSP stale diagnostics persisting after a file is closed or deleted.
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ buf check breaking proto --against .git#branch=master,subdir=proto
 
 Initial beta release.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/compare/v1.68.4...HEAD
+[v1.69.0]: https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/compare/v1.68.4...v1.69.0
 [v1.68.4]: https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/compare/v1.68.3...v1.68.4
 [v1.68.3]: https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/compare/v1.68.2...v1.68.3
 [v1.68.2]: https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/compare/v1.68.1...v1.68.2

private/buf/bufcli/bufcli.go

@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 package bufcli
 
 // Version is the CLI version of buf.
-const Version = "1.68.5-dev"
+const Version = "1.69.0"