From 1db79d8acf20c38aaf52e8e7c57f43c0e6501bb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacob Walls <jacobtylerwalls@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 13:30:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added stub release notes for 6.1.

---
 docs/faq/install.txt    |   1 +
 docs/releases/6.1.txt   | 269 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 docs/releases/index.txt |   7 ++
 3 files changed, 277 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/releases/6.1.txt

diff --git a/docs/faq/install.txt b/docs/faq/install.txt
index 1cdf40fd78..dcd7bcfdf5 100644
--- a/docs/faq/install.txt
+++ b/docs/faq/install.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Django version Python versions
 5.1            3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13 (added in 5.1.3)
 5.2            3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13
 6.0            3.12, 3.13
+6.1            3.12, 3.13, 3.14
 ============== ===============
 
 For each version of Python, only the latest micro release (A.B.C) is officially
diff --git a/docs/releases/6.1.txt b/docs/releases/6.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c7efb7575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/releases/6.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,269 @@
+============================================
+Django 6.1 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT
+============================================
+
+*Expected August 2026*
+
+Welcome to Django 6.1!
+
+These release notes cover the :ref:`new features <whats-new-6.1>`, as well as
+some :ref:`backwards incompatible changes <backwards-incompatible-6.1>` you'll
+want to be aware of when upgrading from Django 6.0 or earlier. We've
+:ref:`begun the deprecation process for some features
+<deprecated-features-6.1>`.
+
+See the :doc:`/howto/upgrade-version` guide if you're updating an existing
+project.
+
+Python compatibility
+====================
+
+Django 6.1 supports Python 3.12, 3.13, and 3.14. We **highly recommend**, and
+only officially support, the latest release of each series.
+
+.. _whats-new-6.1:
+
+What's new in Django 6.1
+========================
+
+Minor features
+--------------
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.admin`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.admindocs`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.auth`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.gis`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.messages`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.postgres`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.redirects`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.sessions`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.sitemaps`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.sites`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+:mod:`django.contrib.syndication`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Asynchronous views
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Cache
+~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+CSP
+~~~
+
+* ...
+
+CSRF
+~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Decorators
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Email
+~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Error Reporting
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+File Storage
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+File Uploads
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Forms
+~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Generic Views
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Internationalization
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Logging
+~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Management Commands
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Migrations
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Models
+~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Pagination
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Requests and Responses
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Security
+~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Serialization
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Signals
+~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Tasks
+~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Templates
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Tests
+~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+URLs
+~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Utilities
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+Validators
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* ...
+
+.. _backwards-incompatible-6.1:
+
+Backwards incompatible changes in 6.1
+=====================================
+
+Database backend API
+--------------------
+
+This section describes changes that may be needed in third-party database
+backends.
+
+* ...
+
+Miscellaneous
+-------------
+
+* ...
+
+.. _deprecated-features-6.1:
+
+Features deprecated in 6.1
+==========================
+
+Miscellaneous
+-------------
+
+* ...
+
+Features removed in 6.1
+=======================
+
+These features have reached the end of their deprecation cycle and are removed
+in Django 6.1.
+
+See :ref:`deprecated-features-5.2` for details on these changes, including how
+to remove usage of these features.
+
+* ...
diff --git a/docs/releases/index.txt b/docs/releases/index.txt
index d768cd6ba7..1a591035e2 100644
--- a/docs/releases/index.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/index.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ versions of the documentation contain the release notes for any later releases.
 
 .. _development_release_notes:
 
+6.1 release
+-----------
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   6.1
+
 6.0 release
 -----------
 .. toctree::