diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
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--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,50 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+3.9.0rc0 (2023-11-14)
+=====================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Performance: Skipped filtering ``CookieJar`` when the jar is empty or all cookies have expired.
+
+  `#7819 <https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/issues/7819>`_
+
+- Performance: Only check origin if insecure scheme and there are origins to treat as secure, in ``CookieJar.filter_cookies()``.
+
+  `#7821 <https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/issues/7821>`_
+
+- Performance: Used timestamp instead of ``datetime`` to achieve faster cookie expiration in ``CookieJar``.
+
+  `#7824 <https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/issues/7824>`_
+
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fixed an issue where the client could go into an infinite loop. -- by :user:`Dreamsorcerer`
+
+  `#7815 <https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/issues/7815>`_
+
+- Added HTTP method validation.
+
+  `#6533 <https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/issues/6533>`_
+
+- Fixed arbitrary sequence types being allowed to inject values via version parameter. -- by :user:`Dreamsorcerer`
+
+  `#7835 <https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/issues/7835>`_
+
+- Performance: Fixed increase in latency with small messages from websocket compression changes.
+
+  `#7797 <https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/issues/7797>`_
+
+
+
+----
+
+
 3.9.0b1 (2023-11-03)
 ====================
 
diff --git a/CHANGES/6533.feature b/CHANGES/6533.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 36bcbeb21dc..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/6533.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add HTTP method validation.
diff --git a/CHANGES/7797.bugfix b/CHANGES/7797.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index a573c861897..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/7797.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix increase in latency with small messages from websocket compression changes
diff --git a/CHANGES/7815.bugfix b/CHANGES/7815.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 269c2680d0b..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/7815.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed an issue where the client could go into an infinite loop. -- by :user:`Dreamsorcerer`
diff --git a/CHANGES/7819.feature b/CHANGES/7819.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ff263abeb8..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/7819.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Skip filtering ``CookieJar`` when the jar is empty or all cookies have expired.
diff --git a/CHANGES/7821.feature b/CHANGES/7821.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 3413224f859..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/7821.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Only check origin if insecure scheme and there are origins to treat as secure, in ``CookieJar.filter_cookies()``.
diff --git a/CHANGES/7824.feature b/CHANGES/7824.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index b3220a99de9..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/7824.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Use timestamp instead of ``datetime`` to achieve faster cookie expiration in ``CookieJar``.
diff --git a/CHANGES/7835.bugfix b/CHANGES/7835.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ce3af4f6f6..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/7835.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed arbitrary sequence types being allowed to inject headers via version parameter -- by :user:`Dreamsorcerer`
diff --git a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
index 7cedcef5d14..84cb5cd8131 100644
--- a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
+++ b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ pytest
 Pytest
 Quickstart
 quote’s
+rc
 readonly
 readpayload
 rebase