REL: 6.9.0

## What's new

### New Features (ENH)
- Expose /Perms verification result on Encryption object (#3672) by @costajohnt

### Performance Improvements (PI)
- Fix O(n²) performance in NameObject read/write (#3679) by @dmitry-kostin
- Batch-parse all objects in ObjStm on first access (#3677) by @dmitry-kostin

### Bug Fixes (BUG)
- Avoid sharing array-based content streams between pages (#3681) by @stefan6419846
- Avoid accessing invalid page when inserting blank page under some conditions (#3529) by @j-t-1

[Full Changelog](6.8.0...6.9.0)

Author: stefan6419846

CHANGELOG.md

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 # CHANGELOG
 
+## Version 6.9.0, 2026-03-15
+
+### New Features (ENH)
+- Expose /Perms verification result on Encryption object (#3672)
+
+### Performance Improvements (PI)
+- Fix O(n²) performance in NameObject read/write (#3679)
+- Batch-parse all objects in ObjStm on first access (#3677)
+
+### Bug Fixes (BUG)
+- Avoid sharing array-based content streams between pages (#3681)
+- Avoid accessing invalid page when inserting blank page under some conditions (#3529)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/compare/6.8.0...6.9.0)
+
 ## Version 6.8.0, 2026-03-09
 
 ### Security (SEC)

pypdf/_version.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "6.8.0"
+__version__ = "6.9.0"