From 8697f64116f8b4cf8a211d037404f3050f2419ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: adk-bot <adk-bot@google.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:51:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] chore(release/candidate): release 2.6.1

Change-Id: I1ebf9c573d082f90414572f5c040f55769529fa7
---
 .github/.release-please-manifest.json |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                          | 14 ++++++++++++++
 src/google/adk/version.py             |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
index 69e82f12f0..8ff2f5ec44 100644
--- a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.6.0"
+  ".": "2.6.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f2199a0cd..c1013e4409 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.6.1](https://github.com/google/adk-python/compare/v2.6.0...v2.6.1) (2026-07-30)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add parent terminal grouping and TTL pruning to ADK CLI telemetry ([99bbd83](https://github.com/google/adk-python/commit/99bbd83ddac5f1ade93cdde1be98a1e3164e1da7))
+* capture TTY connectivity in CLI environment telemetry ([c12a025](https://github.com/google/adk-python/commit/c12a025184cec7859d829d8ce7178ddbe3e2e302))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **cli:** implement early telemetry recording for long-running web servers and log successful exit code upon routine teardown ([77726c5](https://github.com/google/adk-python/commit/77726c55b33d6da1688a3d6893fe5e474d79116b))
+* Stop re-validating already-consumed tool confirmations ([2b1204d](https://github.com/google/adk-python/commit/2b1204d0a0dd0d97f1e23f1188ea7366bfcb61e1))
+
 ## [2.6.0](https://github.com/google/adk-python/compare/v2.5.0...v2.6.0) (2026-07-29)
 
 
diff --git a/src/google/adk/version.py b/src/google/adk/version.py
index fddc85ee6b..65ccded005 100644
--- a/src/google/adk/version.py
+++ b/src/google/adk/version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # version: major.minor.patch
-__version__ = "2.6.0"
+__version__ = "2.6.1"