release: CHANGELOG and version bumps for v26.06.6

.version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-v26.06.2
+v26.06.6

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,7 +4,19 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
-## [26.06.2] - 2026-06-24: "Qantum-Resistant Lightning Channel II"
+## [26.06.6] - 2026-07-20: "Quantum-Resistant Lightning Channel III"
+
+v26.06.3, v26.06.4, and v26.06.5 had issues during publishing with the pypi releases and were deleted.
+
+### Fixed
+
+ - update pyln-proto's coincurve to a v21 fork to fix Python build environments ([#9325])
+ - reject a channel that reuses an existing funding outpoint ([#9318])
+
+[#9297]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/9325
+[#9318]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/9318
+
+## [26.06.2] - 2026-06-29: "Quantum-Resistant Lightning Channel II"
 
 This point release if recommended for all minimal OS setups, including docker images, that have no root certificates for TLS installed.
 

contrib/pyln-client/pyln/client/__init__.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from .gossmapstats import GossmapStats
 from .version import NodeVersion
 
-__version__ = "v26.06.2"
+__version__ = "v26.06.6"
 
 __all__ = [
     "LightningRpc",

contrib/pyln-client/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pyln-client"
-version = "v26.06.2"
+version = "v26.06.6"
 description = "Client library and plugin library for Core Lightning"
 authors = [{ name = "Christian Decker", email = "decker.christian@gmail.com" }]
 license = { text = "BSD-MIT" }

contrib/pyln-proto/pyln/proto/__init__.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from .onion import OnionPayload, TlvPayload, LegacyOnionPayload
 from .wire import LightningConnection, LightningServerSocket
 
-__version__ = "v26.06.2"
+__version__ = "v26.06.6"
 
 __all__ = [
     "Invoice",

contrib/pyln-proto/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pyln-proto"
-version = "v26.06.2"
+version = "v26.06.6"
 description = "This package implements some of the Lightning Network protocol in pure python. It is intended for protocol testing and some minor tooling only. It is not deemed secure enough to handle any amount of real funds (you have been warned!)."
 authors = [
     {name = "Christian Decker", email = "decker.christian@gmail.com"}

contrib/pyln-testing/pyln/testing/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "v26.06.2"
+__version__ = "v26.06.6"
 
 __all__ = [
     "__version__",

contrib/pyln-testing/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pyln-testing"
-version = "v26.06.2"
+version = "v26.06.6"
 description = "Test your Core Lightning integration, plugins or whatever you want"
 authors = [{ name = "Christian Decker", email = "decker.christian@gmail.com" }]
 license = { text = "BSD-MIT" }

tools/reckless

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from urllib.error import HTTPError
 import venv
 
 
-__VERSION__ = 'v26.06.2'
+__VERSION__ = 'v26.06.6'
 
 logging.basicConfig(
     level=logging.INFO,