From 85d7ac306e2810bcd26f5ec27f28ab2b85f1a1bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "flagsmith-engineering[bot]"
 <216534828+flagsmith-engineering[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:51:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 2.263.0

---
 .release-please-manifest.json |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 version.txt                   |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index b3ba3bb45baf..b90afb25b944 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.262.0"
+  ".": "2.263.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 01e88e6e57ab..0acd98a9ae9e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,37 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.263.0](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/compare/v2.262.0...v2.263.0) (2026-08-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **cohorts:** add environment cohort CRUD API ([#8248](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/8248)) ([5737118](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/57371184289d4b9d533185cdbd67067b3a59b928))
+* create segment sources fake door modal ([#8272](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/8272)) ([dc99d65](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/dc99d654ae6649a44912bf52f2900cdcbb94e7a2))
+* **identities:** evaluate system traits when matching segments for edge identities ([#8266](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/8266)) ([f977732](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/f977732e45190a9d09f762f95e3536e9c435de29))
+* **Segments:** Write rules as plain JSON ([#8245](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/8245)) ([8aca57e](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/8aca57e5f8664d631d808969d2ff5d2bca52b819))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **api:** update-traits returns 400 for malformed request body ([#8199](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/8199)) ([fccb632](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/fccb632aa106e009c863ddf9f6dedae43f68ef9e))
+* **edge:** tolerate null system_traits in set_system_trait ([#8270](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/8270)) ([6c88198](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/6c8819891f1266f7eea431ac041e97ae35b041a0))
+* **experimentation:** retry experiment computes on transient ClickHouse errors ([#8273](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/8273)) ([a62f3e5](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/a62f3e50b2abad79a1837af2befb6bfc55d3ef41))
+* **OAuth:** `flagsmith login` never completes for a new signup ([#8281](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/8281)) ([0ef78e8](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/0ef78e8a656f7dd3e3d5478fefd8bec0e19e219f))
+* remove segment_source_beta_requested fake door event ([#8291](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/8291)) ([608daaf](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/608daafd385ac435faa8ab87b4cf89a8676aff15))
+* **Segments:** delete_segment task crashes when segment already deleted ([#8136](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/8136)) ([79fc54c](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/79fc54cae298b7b8d9762f5192a463a63aa1fea4))
+* **Segments:** Flaky test fails because of unspecified Condition ordering ([#8284](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/8284)) ([dd04ba6](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/dd04ba6003b4a0ed768a580aa28588ea2e8f5fdb))
+
+
+### Dependency Updates
+
+* **frontend:** update dependency dompurify to v3.4.13 [security] ([#8246](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/8246)) ([15ab4ad](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/15ab4ad6406d63689cfc33fc18cb8a4a1768785c))
+
+
+### Docs
+
+* **segments:** Segment membership inspection ([#7399](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/7399)) ([bcce4d9](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/bcce4d92cdda5baf557e3f8ce290551eb3d29354))
+* Update docs custom ssr to use new instance instead of singleton ([#7653](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/7653)) ([4b39c43](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/4b39c43304a0b24482dac1e9fec12f558851b366))
+
 ## [2.262.0](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/compare/v2.261.0...v2.262.0) (2026-08-11)
 
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 93c284c977ab..f9d36d71d1d9 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.262.0
+2.263.0