Release 2.26.6. Updated CHANGELOG.md, README.md and all pom.xml.

Author: AWS

.changes/2.26.6.json

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+{
+    "version": "2.26.6",
+    "date": "2024-06-19",
+    "entries": [
+        {
+            "type": "bugfix",
+            "category": "AWS SDK for Java v2",
+            "contributor": "",
+            "description": "Fix a bug that prevented users from overriding retry strategies"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "feature",
+            "category": "AWS Artifact",
+            "contributor": "",
+            "description": "This release adds an acceptanceType field to the ReportSummary structure (used in the ListReports API response)."
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "feature",
+            "category": "AWS Cost and Usage Report Service",
+            "contributor": "",
+            "description": "Add v2 smoke tests and smithy smokeTests trait for SDK testing."
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "feature",
+            "category": "AWS Direct Connect",
+            "contributor": "",
+            "description": "Add v2 smoke tests and smithy smokeTests trait for SDK testing."
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "feature",
+            "category": "Amazon Athena",
+            "contributor": "",
+            "description": "Add v2 smoke tests and smithy smokeTests trait for SDK testing."
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "feature",
+            "category": "Amazon Elastic Transcoder",
+            "contributor": "",
+            "description": "Add v2 smoke tests and smithy smokeTests trait for SDK testing."
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "feature",
+            "category": "Amazon OpenSearch Service",
+            "contributor": "",
+            "description": "This release enables customers to use JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for authentication on their Amazon OpenSearch Service domains."
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "feature",
+            "category": "AWS SDK for Java v2",
+            "contributor": "",
+            "description": "Updated endpoint and partition metadata."
+        }
+    ]
+}

.changes/next-release/bugfix-AWSSDKforJavav2-5a6324d.json

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  #### 👋 _Looking for changelogs for older versions? You can find them in the [changelogs](./changelogs) directory._
+# __2.26.6__ __2024-06-19__
+## __AWS Artifact__
+  - ### Features
+    - This release adds an acceptanceType field to the ReportSummary structure (used in the ListReports API response).
+
+## __AWS Cost and Usage Report Service__
+  - ### Features
+    - Add v2 smoke tests and smithy smokeTests trait for SDK testing.
+
+## __AWS Direct Connect__
+  - ### Features
+    - Add v2 smoke tests and smithy smokeTests trait for SDK testing.
+
+## __AWS SDK for Java v2__
+  - ### Features
+    - Updated endpoint and partition metadata.
+
+  - ### Bugfixes
+    - Fix a bug that prevented users from overriding retry strategies
+
+## __Amazon Athena__
+  - ### Features
+    - Add v2 smoke tests and smithy smokeTests trait for SDK testing.
+
+## __Amazon Elastic Transcoder__
+  - ### Features
+    - Add v2 smoke tests and smithy smokeTests trait for SDK testing.
+
+## __Amazon OpenSearch Service__
+  - ### Features
+    - This release enables customers to use JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for authentication on their Amazon OpenSearch Service domains.
+
 # __2.26.5__ __2024-06-18__
 ## __AWS CloudTrail__
   - ### Features