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+---
+myst:
+  html_meta:
+    "description": "Seven release notes for the Plone content management system"
+    "property=og:description": "Seven release notes for the Plone content management system"
+    "property=og:title": "Seven release notes"
+    "keywords": "Seven, Plone, frontend, release notes, change log, changelog, change history"
+---
+
+# Seven release notes
+
+<!-- Do *NOT* add new change log entries to this file.
+     Instead, create a file in the news directory.
+     For helpful instructions, see:
+     https://6.docs.plone.org/contributing/index.html#change-log-entry
+-->
+
+<!-- towncrier release notes start -->
+
+## 1.0.0-alpha.1 (2025-12-21)
+
+### Breaking
+
+### Feature
+
+### Bugfix
+
+### Internal
+
+### Documentation
+
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+Add release notes to documentation. @stevepiercy
+