diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ceb005e959..1b7e7e8b32 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,38 @@
 
 All notable changes to iroh will be documented in this file.
 
-## [0.25.0](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/compare/v0.24.0..0.25.0) - 2024-09-16
+## [0.26.0](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/compare/v0.25.0..0.26.0) - 2024-09-30
+
+### ⛰️  Features
+
+- *(iroh)* Disable docs by default ([#2748](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/issues/2748)) - ([eb4c4a6](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/eb4c4a6beb750c1b4a10b7df90d302e44b4f9375))
+- *(iroh)* [**breaking**] Make blobs::read_at more flexible ([#2756](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/issues/2756)) - ([33dc559](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/33dc559a524f9cced551c01f3192579b07cf12d2))
+- *(iroh)* Allow setting a custom `quinn::TransportConfig` ([#2760](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/issues/2760)) - ([253f4f1](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/253f4f1099baac690ea9854f541451a2936eb00d))
+- *(iroh-cli)* Improve ergonomics of `iroh gossip subscribe` CLI cmd ([#2751](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/issues/2751)) - ([90fd6f0](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/90fd6f04ec62305a6507cb29bc388b1583f3c5f0))
+- Set derive_more to 1.0.0 (no beta!) ([#2736](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/issues/2736)) - ([2d863a9](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/2d863a94cc19faab860e85b164abf47a8669cfa9))
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- *(ci)* Make netsim work on forks ([#2757](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/issues/2757)) - ([0953263](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/09532632b3d3b8f16b8ef175e84fe8e8821bb21a))
+- *(examples)* Make `collection-provide`, `hello-world-provide` and `rpc` work again ([#2749](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/issues/2749)) - ([25c8305](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/25c830574d54652a772cffd7d29e3fb386d37c25))
+- *(iroh-blobs)* Preserve tracing subscriber in the LocalPool ([#2735](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/issues/2735)) - ([5dd8bd3](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/5dd8bd394422c80b7737fa00d92be3347924d311))
+- *(iroh-blobs)* Remove debugging logs & more cleanup ([#2690](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/issues/2690)) - ([857e513](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/857e51313499caceb0ad16663170cefe69f136a7))
+- *(iroh-net)* Clear the recent pong time when pong is lost ([#2743](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/issues/2743)) - ([8fb92f3](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/8fb92f3e88a0e69fb631bc5ac297eb62ffa73c62))
+
+### 🚜 Refactor
+
+- *(ci)* Redo netsim CI ([#2737](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/issues/2737)) - ([443139d](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/443139d4b6db87c35200e6db495da9a3a84e5cbf))
+- *(iroh-net)* Various logging improvements ([#2744](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/issues/2744)) - ([2262fd5](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/2262fd57271e42efeb88badffdd208dadc387bb0))
+- *(iroh-net)* Remove PathState::recent_pong() ([#2745](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/issues/2745)) - ([cafdc08](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/cafdc08354c4fea31376a116a5e5ff4b51e8ab9a))
+
+### 📚 Documentation
+
+- *(iroh-net)* Document default relay servers a bit more ([#2740](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/issues/2740)) - ([10025bd](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/10025bd3e3dd6b7d22c17e22c60994e03571d14e))
+- *(iroh-net)* Improve last_pong field docs ([#2747](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/issues/2747)) - ([19c8fd3](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/19c8fd327ff60ed4395cc3557f3dafa93a4a744c))
+- *(iroh-net)* Improve pkarr discovery docs ([#2722](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/issues/2722)) - ([a0a8d56](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/a0a8d56963f965d7b73a880946dfc5a6daafa7f9))
+- *(iroh-net)* Document cargo features needed for APIs ([#2759](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/issues/2759)) - ([5d92f49](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/5d92f49891c0c9ce52d5f64ed990655f85392b2b))
+
+## [0.25.0](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/compare/v0.24.0..v0.25.0) - 2024-09-16
 
 ### ⛰️  Features
 
@@ -45,6 +76,7 @@ All notable changes to iroh will be documented in this file.
 - *(iroh-net)* Remove direct dependency on rand_core ([#2719](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/issues/2719)) - ([b6a64e0](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/b6a64e0764b2973497ee989910d2930ced3160f5))
 - Fix clippy@1.81.0 and cargo deny ([#2714](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/issues/2714)) - ([52422cd](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/52422cdb228e060c136d87b350fa9cfd35961b76))
 - Remove double spellchecks ([#2720](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/issues/2720)) - ([a733143](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/a73314385084ae4e72e15bc15469991e139763ec))
+- Release - ([285101e](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/commit/285101eec876fe48a1bda3fa43ff5c2c5c6ef568))
 
 ## [0.24.0](https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh/compare/v0.23.0..v0.24.0) - 2024-09-02
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 87e47bdd8c..1bbbb4ee92 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2488,7 +2488,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iroh"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel",
@@ -2543,7 +2543,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iroh-base"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 dependencies = [
  "aead",
  "anyhow",
@@ -2587,7 +2587,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iroh-blobs"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel",
@@ -2639,7 +2639,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iroh-cli"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel",
@@ -2696,7 +2696,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iroh-dns-server"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -2745,7 +2745,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iroh-docs"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel",
@@ -2786,7 +2786,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iroh-gossip"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel",
@@ -2830,7 +2830,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iroh-metrics"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "erased_set",
@@ -2849,7 +2849,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iroh-net"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum",
@@ -2945,7 +2945,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iroh-net-bench"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes",
@@ -3014,7 +3014,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iroh-test"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "tokio",
diff --git a/iroh-base/Cargo.toml b/iroh-base/Cargo.toml
index 631a24968f..5828f3c386 100644
--- a/iroh-base/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-base/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iroh-base"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "base type and utilities for Iroh"
diff --git a/iroh-blobs/Cargo.toml b/iroh-blobs/Cargo.toml
index 2a911f5928..7c5eb98a31 100644
--- a/iroh-blobs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-blobs/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iroh-blobs"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "blob and collection transfer support for iroh"
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ futures-lite = "2.3"
 genawaiter = { version = "0.99.1", features = ["futures03"] }
 hashlink = { version = "0.9.0", optional = true }
 hex = "0.4.3"
-iroh-base = { version = "0.25.0", features = ["redb"], path = "../iroh-base" }
+iroh-base = { version = "0.26.0", features = ["redb"], path = "../iroh-base" }
 iroh-io = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["stats"] }
-iroh-metrics = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh-metrics", default-features = false }
-iroh-net = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh-net" }
+iroh-metrics = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh-metrics", default-features = false }
+iroh-net = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh-net" }
 num_cpus = "1.15.0"
 oneshot = "0.1.8"
 parking_lot = { version = "0.12.1", optional = true }
diff --git a/iroh-cli/Cargo.toml b/iroh-cli/Cargo.toml
index 521090e122..ccb28c5171 100644
--- a/iroh-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iroh-cli"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "Bytes. Distributed."
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ futures-util = { version = "0.3.30", features = ["futures-sink"] }
 hex = "0.4.3"
 human-time = "0.1.6"
 indicatif = { version = "0.17", features = ["tokio"] }
-iroh = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh", features = ["metrics"] }
-iroh-gossip = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh-gossip" }
-iroh-metrics = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh-metrics" }
+iroh = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh", features = ["metrics"] }
+iroh-gossip = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh-gossip" }
+iroh-metrics = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh-metrics" }
 parking_lot = "0.12.1"
 pkarr = { version = "2.2.0", default-features = false }
 portable-atomic = "1"
diff --git a/iroh-dns-server/Cargo.toml b/iroh-dns-server/Cargo.toml
index c406e2ebcf..32b8f5481c 100644
--- a/iroh-dns-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-dns-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iroh-dns-server"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "A pkarr relay and DNS server"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ governor = "0.6.3"
 hickory-proto = "=0.25.0-alpha.2"
 hickory-server = { version = "=0.25.0-alpha.2", features = ["dns-over-rustls"] }
 http = "1.0.0"
-iroh-metrics = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh-metrics" }
+iroh-metrics = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh-metrics" }
 lru = "0.12.3"
 mainline = "2.0.1"
 parking_lot = "0.12.1"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ z32 = "1.1.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 hickory-resolver = "=0.25.0-alpha.2"
-iroh-net = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh-net" }
+iroh-net = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh-net" }
 iroh-test = { path = "../iroh-test" }
 pkarr = { version = "2.2.0", features = ["rand"] }
 
diff --git a/iroh-docs/Cargo.toml b/iroh-docs/Cargo.toml
index e5fc423dcd..27b93b1249 100644
--- a/iroh-docs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-docs/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iroh-docs"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "Iroh sync"
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ futures-buffered = "0.2.4"
 futures-lite = "2.3.0"
 futures-util = { version = "0.3.25" }
 hex = "0.4"
-iroh-base = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh-base" }
-iroh-blobs = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh-blobs", optional = true, features = ["downloader"] }
-iroh-gossip = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh-gossip", optional = true }
-iroh-metrics = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh-metrics", default-features = false }
-iroh-net = { version = "0.25.0", optional = true, path = "../iroh-net" }
+iroh-base = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh-base" }
+iroh-blobs = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh-blobs", optional = true, features = ["downloader"] }
+iroh-gossip = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh-gossip", optional = true }
+iroh-metrics = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh-metrics", default-features = false }
+iroh-net = { version = "0.26.0", optional = true, path = "../iroh-net" }
 lru = "0.12"
 num_enum = "0.7"
 postcard = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "use-std", "experimental-derive"] }
diff --git a/iroh-gossip/Cargo.toml b/iroh-gossip/Cargo.toml
index cca501ef9c..60de7da63e 100644
--- a/iroh-gossip/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-gossip/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iroh-gossip"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "gossip messages over broadcast trees"
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ bytes = { version = "1.7", features = ["serde"] }
 derive_more = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["add", "debug", "deref", "display", "from", "try_into", "into"] }
 ed25519-dalek = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["serde", "rand_core"] }
 indexmap = "2.0"
-iroh-base = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh-base" }
-iroh-metrics = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh-metrics" }
+iroh-base = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh-base" }
+iroh-metrics = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh-metrics" }
 postcard = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "use-std", "experimental-derive"] }
 rand = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["std_rng"] }
 rand_core = "0.6.4"
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.164", features = ["derive"] }
 futures-lite = { version = "2.3", optional = true }
 futures-concurrency = { version = "7.6.1", optional = true }
 futures-util = { version = "0.3.30", optional = true }
-iroh-net = { path = "../iroh-net", version = "0.25.0", optional = true, default-features = false }
+iroh-net = { path = "../iroh-net", version = "0.26.0", optional = true, default-features = false }
 tokio = { version = "1", optional = true, features = ["io-util", "sync", "rt", "macros", "net", "fs"] }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7.12", optional = true, features = ["codec", "rt"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
-iroh-net = { path = "../iroh-net", version = "0.25.0", default-features = false, features = ["test-utils"] }
+iroh-net = { path = "../iroh-net", version = "0.26.0", default-features = false, features = ["test-utils"] }
 iroh-test = { path = "../iroh-test" }
 rand_chacha = "0.3.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/iroh-metrics/Cargo.toml b/iroh-metrics/Cargo.toml
index 48a63d3337..a6f35836a0 100644
--- a/iroh-metrics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iroh-metrics"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "metrics for iroh"
diff --git a/iroh-net/Cargo.toml b/iroh-net/Cargo.toml
index 9c8abcac43..a950dc559b 100644
--- a/iroh-net/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-net/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iroh-net"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "networking support for iroh"
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ http-body-util = "0.1.0"
 hyper = { version = "1", features = ["server", "client", "http1"] }
 hyper-util = "0.1.1"
 igd-next = { version = "0.14.3", features = ["aio_tokio"] }
-iroh-base = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh-base", features = ["key"] }
+iroh-base = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh-base", features = ["key"] }
 libc = "0.2.139"
 num_enum = "0.7"
 once_cell = "1.18.0"
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"], optional = tr
 tokio-rustls-acme = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
 
 # metrics
-iroh-metrics = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh-metrics", default-features = false }
+iroh-metrics = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh-metrics", default-features = false }
 strum = { version = "0.26.2", features = ["derive"] }
 
 # local-swarm-discovery
diff --git a/iroh-net/bench/Cargo.toml b/iroh-net/bench/Cargo.toml
index cd10790207..05d8970ab0 100644
--- a/iroh-net/bench/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-net/bench/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iroh-net-bench"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 publish = false
diff --git a/iroh-test/Cargo.toml b/iroh-test/Cargo.toml
index 3204fb2d0a..cf1d953730 100644
--- a/iroh-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iroh-test"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "Internal utilities to support testing of iroh."
diff --git a/iroh/Cargo.toml b/iroh/Cargo.toml
index 57dc99a37b..6ef27b308e 100644
--- a/iroh/Cargo.toml
+++ b/iroh/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iroh"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "A toolkit for building distributed applications"
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ futures-lite = "2.3"
 futures-util = "0.3"
 genawaiter = { version = "0.99", default-features = false, features = ["futures03"] }
 hex = { version = "0.4.3" }
-iroh-blobs = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh-blobs", features = ["downloader"] }
-iroh-base = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh-base", features = ["key"] }
+iroh-blobs = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh-blobs", features = ["downloader"] }
+iroh-base = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh-base", features = ["key"] }
 iroh-io = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["stats"] }
-iroh-metrics = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh-metrics", optional = true }
-iroh-net = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh-net", features = ["discovery-local-network"] }
+iroh-metrics = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh-metrics", optional = true }
+iroh-net = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh-net", features = ["discovery-local-network"] }
 nested_enum_utils = "0.1.0"
 num_cpus = { version = "1.15.0" }
 portable-atomic = "1"
-iroh-docs = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh-docs" }
-iroh-gossip = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../iroh-gossip" }
+iroh-docs = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh-docs" }
+iroh-gossip = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../iroh-gossip" }
 parking_lot = "0.12.1"
 postcard = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "use-std", "experimental-derive"] }
 quic-rpc = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["flume-transport", "quinn-transport"] }