diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
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--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,85 @@
+Synapse 1.26.0rc1 (2021-01-20)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Remove a user's avatar URL and display name when deactivated with the Admin API. ([\#8932](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8932))
+- Update `/_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/joined_rooms` to work for both local and remote users. ([\#8948](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8948))
+- Implement [MSC2176](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2176) in an experimental room version. ([\#8984](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8984))
+- Add support for multiple SSO Identity Providers. ([\#9015](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9015), [\#9017](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9017), [\#9036](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9036), [\#9067](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9067), [\#9081](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9081), [\#9082](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9082), [\#9105](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9105), [\#9107](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9107), [\#9109](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9109), [\#9110](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9110), [\#9127](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9127), [\#9153](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9153))
+- Improved performance when calculating ignored users in large rooms. ([\#9024](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9024))
+- Add experimental support for handling and persistence of to-device messages to happen on worker processes. ([\#9042](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9042), [\#9043](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9043), [\#9044](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9044), [\#9130](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9130))
+- Add experimental support for handling `/keys/claim` and `/room_keys` APIs on worker processes. ([\#9068](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9068))
+- Add an admin API for protecting local media from quarantine. ([\#9086](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9086))
+- During user-interactive authentication via single-sign-on, give a better error if the user uses the wrong account on the SSO IdP. ([\#9091](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9091))
+- Add experimental support for handling `/devices` API on worker processes. ([\#9092](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9092))
+- Add experimental support for moving off receipts and account data persistence off master. ([\#9104](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9104), [\#9166](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9166))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix a longstanding issue where an internal server error would occur when requesting a profile over federation that did not include a display name / avatar URL. ([\#9023](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9023))
+- Fix a long-standing bug where some caches could grow larger than configured. ([\#9028](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9028))
+- Fix error handling during insertion of client IPs into the database. ([\#9051](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9051))
+- Fix bug where we didn't correctly record CPU time spent in 'on_new_event' block. ([\#9053](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9053))
+- Fix a minor bug which could cause confusing error messages from invalid configurations. ([\#9054](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9054))
+- Fix incorrect exit code when there is an error at startup. ([\#9059](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9059))
+- Fix `JSONDecodeError` spamming the logs when sending transactions to remote servers. ([\#9070](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9070))
+- Fix "Failed to send request" errors when a client provides an invalid room alias. ([\#9071](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9071))
+- Fix "Unhandled error in Deferred: BodyExceededMaxSize" errors when .well-known files that are too large. ([\#9108](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9108))
+- Fix bugs in federation catchup logic that caused outbound federation to be delayed for large servers after start up. Introduced in v1.8.0 and v1.21.0. ([\#9114](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9114), [\#9116](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9116))
+- Fix corruption of `pushers` data when a postgres bouncer is used. ([\#9117](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9117))
+- Fix minor bugs in handling the `clientRedirectUrl` parameter for SSO login. ([\#9128](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9128))
+- Fix "UnboundLocalError: local variable 'length' referenced before assignment" errors when the response body exceeds the expected size. This bug was introduced in v1.25.0. ([\#9145](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9145))
+- Fix a long-standing bug "ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10" when `/publicRooms` is requested with an invalid `server` parameter. ([\#9161](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9161))
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Add some extra docs for getting Synapse running on macOS. ([\#8997](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8997))
+- Corrected a typo in the `systemd-with-workers` documentation. ([\#9035](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9035))
+- Corrected a typo in `INSTALL.md`. ([\#9040](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9040))
+- Add missing user_mapping_provider configuration to the Keycloak OIDC example. Contributed by @chris-ruecker. ([\#9057](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9057))
+- Quote `pip install` packages when extras are used to avoid shells interpreting bracket characters. ([\#9151](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9151))
+
+
+Deprecations and Removals
+-------------------------
+
+- Remove broken and unmaintained `demo/webserver.py` script. ([\#9039](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9039))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Improve efficiency of large state resolutions. ([\#8868](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8868), [\#9029](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9029), [\#9115](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9115), [\#9118](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9118), [\#9124](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9124))
+- Various clean-ups to the structured logging and logging context code. ([\#8939](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8939))
+- Ensure rejected events get added to some metadata tables. ([\#9016](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9016))
+- Ignore date-rotated homeserver logs saved to disk. ([\#9018](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9018))
+- Removed an unused column from `access_tokens` table. ([\#9025](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9025))
+- Add a `-noextras` factor to `tox.ini`, to support running the tests with no optional dependencies. ([\#9030](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9030))
+- Fix running unit tests when optional dependencies are not installed. ([\#9031](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9031))
+- Allow bumping schema version when using split out state database. ([\#9033](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9033))
+- Configure the linters to run on a consistent set of files. ([\#9038](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9038))
+- Various cleanups to device inbox store. ([\#9041](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9041))
+- Drop unused database tables. ([\#9055](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9055))
+- Remove unused `SynapseService` class. ([\#9058](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9058))
+- Removes unnecessary declarations in the tests for the admin API. ([\#9063](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9063))
+- Remove `SynapseRequest.get_user_agent`. ([\#9069](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9069))
+- Remove redundant `Homeserver.get_ip_from_request` method. ([\#9080](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9080))
+- Add type hints to media repository. ([\#9093](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9093))
+- Fix the wrong arguments being passed to `BlacklistingAgentWrapper` from `MatrixFederationAgent`. Contributed by Timothy Leung. ([\#9098](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9098))
+- Reduce the scope of caught exceptions in `BlacklistingAgentWrapper`. ([\#9106](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9106))
+- Improve `UsernamePickerTestCase`. ([\#9112](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9112))
+- Remove dependency on `distutils`. ([\#9125](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9125))
+- Enforce that replication HTTP clients are called with keyword arguments only. ([\#9144](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9144))
+- Fix the Python 3.5 + old dependencies build in CI. ([\#9146](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9146))
+- Replace the old `perspectives` option in the Synapse docker config file template with `trusted_key_servers`. ([\#9157](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9157))
+
+
 Synapse 1.25.0 (2021-01-13)
 ===========================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/8868.misc b/changelog.d/8868.misc
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-Improve efficiency of large state resolutions.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8932.feature b/changelog.d/8932.feature
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-Remove a user's avatar URL and display name when deactivated with the Admin API.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8939.misc b/changelog.d/8939.misc
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-Various clean-ups to the structured logging and logging context code.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8948.feature b/changelog.d/8948.feature
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-Update `/_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/joined_rooms` to work for both local and remote users.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8984.feature b/changelog.d/8984.feature
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-Implement [MSC2176](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2176) in an experimental room version.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8997.doc b/changelog.d/8997.doc
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-Add some extra docs for getting Synapse running on macOS.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9015.feature b/changelog.d/9015.feature
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-Add support for multiple SSO Identity Providers.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9016.misc b/changelog.d/9016.misc
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-Ensure rejected events get added to some metadata tables.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9017.feature b/changelog.d/9017.feature
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-Add support for multiple SSO Identity Providers.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9018.misc b/changelog.d/9018.misc
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-Ignore date-rotated homeserver logs saved to disk.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9023.bugfix b/changelog.d/9023.bugfix
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-Fix a longstanding issue where an internal server error would occur when requesting a profile over federation that did not include a display name / avatar URL.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9024.feature b/changelog.d/9024.feature
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-Improved performance when calculating ignored users in large rooms.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9025.misc b/changelog.d/9025.misc
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-Removed an unused column from `access_tokens` table.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9028.bugfix b/changelog.d/9028.bugfix
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-Fix a long-standing bug where some caches could grow larger than configured.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9029.misc b/changelog.d/9029.misc
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-Improve efficiency of large state resolutions.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9030.misc b/changelog.d/9030.misc
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-Add a `-noextras` factor to `tox.ini`, to support running the tests with no optional dependencies.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9031.misc b/changelog.d/9031.misc
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-Fix running unit tests when optional dependencies are not installed.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9033.misc b/changelog.d/9033.misc
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-Allow bumping schema version when using split out state database.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9035.doc b/changelog.d/9035.doc
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-Corrected a typo in the `systemd-with-workers` documentation.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9036.feature b/changelog.d/9036.feature
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-Add support for multiple SSO Identity Providers.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9038.misc b/changelog.d/9038.misc
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-Configure the linters to run on a consistent set of files.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9039.removal b/changelog.d/9039.removal
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-Remove broken and unmaintained `demo/webserver.py` script.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9040.doc b/changelog.d/9040.doc
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-Corrected a typo in `INSTALL.md`.
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-Various cleanups to device inbox store.
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-Add experimental support for handling and persistence of to-device messages to happen on worker processes.
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-Add experimental support for handling and persistence of to-device messages to happen on worker processes.
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-Add experimental support for handling and persistence of to-device messages to happen on worker processes.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9051.bugfix b/changelog.d/9051.bugfix
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-Fix error handling during insertion of client IPs into the database.
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-Fix bug where we didn't correctly record CPU time spent in 'on_new_event' block.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9054.bugfix b/changelog.d/9054.bugfix
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-Fix a minor bug which could cause confusing error messages from invalid configurations.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9055.misc b/changelog.d/9055.misc
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-Drop unused database tables.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9057.doc b/changelog.d/9057.doc
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-Add missing user_mapping_provider configuration to the Keycloak OIDC example. Contributed by @chris-ruecker.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9058.misc b/changelog.d/9058.misc
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-Remove unused `SynapseService` class.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9059.bugfix b/changelog.d/9059.bugfix
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-Fix incorrect exit code when there is an error at startup.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9063.misc b/changelog.d/9063.misc
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-Removes unnecessary declarations in the tests for the admin API.
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-Add support for multiple SSO Identity Providers.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9068.feature b/changelog.d/9068.feature
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-Add experimental support for handling `/keys/claim` and `/room_keys` APIs on worker processes.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9069.misc b/changelog.d/9069.misc
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-Remove `SynapseRequest.get_user_agent`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9070.bugfix b/changelog.d/9070.bugfix
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-Fix `JSONDecodeError` spamming the logs when sending transactions to remote servers.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9071.bugfix b/changelog.d/9071.bugfix
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-Fix "Failed to send request" errors when a client provides an invalid room alias.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9080.misc b/changelog.d/9080.misc
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-Remove redundant `Homeserver.get_ip_from_request` method.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9081.feature b/changelog.d/9081.feature
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-Add support for multiple SSO Identity Providers.
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-Add support for multiple SSO Identity Providers.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9086.feature b/changelog.d/9086.feature
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-Add an admin API for protecting local media from quarantine.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9091.feature b/changelog.d/9091.feature
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-During user-interactive authentication via single-sign-on, give a better error if the user uses the wrong account on the SSO IdP.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9092.feature b/changelog.d/9092.feature
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- Add experimental support for handling `/devices` API on worker processes.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9093.misc b/changelog.d/9093.misc
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-Add type hints to media repository.
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-Fix the wrong arguments being passed to `BlacklistingAgentWrapper` from `MatrixFederationAgent`. Contributed by Timothy Leung.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9104.feature b/changelog.d/9104.feature
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-Add experimental support for moving off receipts and account data persistence off master.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9105.feature b/changelog.d/9105.feature
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-Add support for multiple SSO Identity Providers.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9106.misc b/changelog.d/9106.misc
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-Reduce the scope of caught exceptions in `BlacklistingAgentWrapper`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9107.feature b/changelog.d/9107.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 01a24dcf4..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9107.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add support for multiple SSO Identity Providers.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9108.bugfix b/changelog.d/9108.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 465ef6350..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9108.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix "Unhandled error in Deferred: BodyExceededMaxSize" errors when .well-known files that are too large.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9109.feature b/changelog.d/9109.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 01a24dcf4..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9109.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add support for multiple SSO Identity Providers.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9110.feature b/changelog.d/9110.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 01a24dcf4..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9110.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add support for multiple SSO Identity Providers.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9112.misc b/changelog.d/9112.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 691f9d8b4..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9112.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve `UsernamePickerTestCase`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9114.bugfix b/changelog.d/9114.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 211f26589..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9114.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix bugs in federation catchup logic that caused outbound federation to be delayed for large servers after start up. Introduced in v1.8.0 and v1.21.0.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9115.misc b/changelog.d/9115.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 346741d98..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9115.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve efficiency of large state resolutions.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9116.bugfix b/changelog.d/9116.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 211f26589..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9116.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix bugs in federation catchup logic that caused outbound federation to be delayed for large servers after start up. Introduced in v1.8.0 and v1.21.0.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9117.bugfix b/changelog.d/9117.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 233a76d18..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9117.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix corruption of `pushers` data when a postgres bouncer is used.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9118.misc b/changelog.d/9118.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 346741d98..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9118.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve efficiency of large state resolutions.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9124.misc b/changelog.d/9124.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 346741d98..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9124.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve efficiency of large state resolutions.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9125.misc b/changelog.d/9125.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 08459caf5..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9125.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove dependency on `distutils`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9127.feature b/changelog.d/9127.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 01a24dcf4..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9127.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add support for multiple SSO Identity Providers.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9128.bugfix b/changelog.d/9128.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index f87b9fb9a..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9128.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix minor bugs in handling the `clientRedirectUrl` parameter for SSO login.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9130.feature b/changelog.d/9130.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ec319f1f..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9130.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add experimental support for handling and persistence of to-device messages to happen on worker processes.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9144.misc b/changelog.d/9144.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 38a506b17..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9144.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Enforce that replication HTTP clients are called with keyword arguments only.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9145.bugfix b/changelog.d/9145.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 947cf1dc2..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9145.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix "UnboundLocalError: local variable 'length' referenced before assignment" errors when the response body exceeds the expected size. This bug was introduced in v1.25.0.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9146.misc b/changelog.d/9146.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 7af29baa3..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9146.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix the Python 3.5 + old dependencies build in CI.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9151.doc b/changelog.d/9151.doc
deleted file mode 100644
index 753574806..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9151.doc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Quote `pip install` packages when extras are used to avoid shells interpreting bracket characters.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9153.feature b/changelog.d/9153.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 01a24dcf4..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9153.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add support for multiple SSO Identity Providers.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9157.misc b/changelog.d/9157.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 76b2a66a0..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9157.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Replace the old `perspectives` option in the Synapse docker config file template with `trusted_key_servers`.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/9161.bugfix b/changelog.d/9161.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6798126b7..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9161.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a long-standing bug "ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10" when `/publicRooms` is requested with an invalid `server` parameter.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9166.feature b/changelog.d/9166.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c4f88bce..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/9166.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add experimental support for moving off receipts and account data persistence off master.
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 193adca62..d423856d8 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.25.0"
+__version__ = "1.26.0rc1"
 
 if bool(os.environ.get("SYNAPSE_TEST_PATCH_LOG_CONTEXTS", False)):
     # We import here so that we don't have to install a bunch of deps when