Release Notes for v26.1.0-alpha.1 (#21271)

Author: release-notes-automation[bot]

src/current/Gemfile

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ gem "rss"
 gem "webrick"
 gem "jekyll-minifier"
 gem "bundler", "~> 2.4"
+gem "csv"
+gem "logger"
+gem "base64"
 
 group :jekyll_plugins do
     gem "jekyll-include-cache"

src/current/_config_cockroachdb.yml

@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ destination: _site/docs
 homepage_title: CockroachDB Docs
 versions:
   stable: v25.4
-  dev: v25.4
+  dev: v26.1

src/current/_data/releases.yml

@@ -9958,6 +9958,33 @@
   previous_release: v24.3.22
 
 
+- release_name: v26.1.0-alpha.1
+  major_version: v26.1
+  release_date: '2025-12-04'
+  release_type: Testing
+  go_version: go1.25.3
+  sha: d90b48fdc3077318799afd2939837c79289156f4
+  has_sql_only: true
+  has_sha256sum: true
+  mac:
+    mac_arm: true
+    mac_arm_experimental: true
+    mac_arm_limited_access: false
+  windows: true
+  linux:
+    linux_arm: true
+    linux_arm_experimental: false
+    linux_arm_limited_access: false
+    linux_intel_fips: true
+    linux_arm_fips: false
+  docker:
+    docker_image: cockroachdb/cockroach-unstable
+    docker_arm: true
+    docker_arm_experimental: false
+    docker_arm_limited_access: false
+  source: true
+
+
 - release_name: v25.4.1
   major_version: v25.4
   release_date: '2025-12-03'