From e3c6aef3dd830071afd8b696c4bd941b3bf208f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:08:46 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] version 9.7.0

---
 Changelog.txt            | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/calibre/constants.py |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Changelog.txt b/Changelog.txt
index 3c798309d6..072023a488 100644
--- a/Changelog.txt
+++ b/Changelog.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,44 @@
 # - title by author
 # }}}
 
+{{{ 9.7.0 2026-04-10
+
+:: new features
+
+- Annotations browser: Allow grouping results by any field
+
+- E-book viewer: Handle native pinch to zoom gesture on touchpads the same as the pinch to zoom on touchscreens. Default action is to change font size.
+
+- Content server: Implement full offline mode when using HTTPS connections to the content server
+
+:: bug fixes
+
+- [2146912] E-book viewer: Fix a regression in the previous release that caused annotations/last read information to not be saved in e-book files
+
+- [2147495] AI: Make the GitHub backend a bit more robust
+
+- [2147008] AI: OpenRouter backend: Fix reasoning level "auto" disabling all reasoning
+
+- [2147261] Content server: Read book: Fix regression causing error during searching
+
+- [2146829] Content server: Fix opening results from full text search not working
+
+- Fix a couple of minor regress in the new Full text search view introduced in the previous release
+
+- MTP driver: Linux: Fix a rare crash when connecting devices with large collections
+
+- Fix cover not being set when adding files to existing book records with no cover
+
+:: improved recipes
+- The Week
+- The Age
+- Financial Times
+- Mint
+
+:: new recipes
+- Cenital by Rodrigo Pazos
+}}}
+
 {{{ 9.6.0 2026-03-27
 
 :: new features
diff --git a/src/calibre/constants.py b/src/calibre/constants.py
index 9b6cb61621..cb8238afef 100644
--- a/src/calibre/constants.py
+++ b/src/calibre/constants.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from functools import lru_cache
 from polyglot.builtins import environ_item, hasenv
 
 __appname__   = 'calibre'
-numeric_version = (9, 6, 100)
+numeric_version = (9, 7, 0)
 __version__   = '.'.join(map(str, numeric_version))
 git_version   = None
 __author__    = 'Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'