From bc152a4dbbbe85b968b260ae2e2b0324492408fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "flagsmith-engineering[bot]"
 <216534828+flagsmith-engineering[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:10:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 2.263.0

---
 .release-please-manifest.json |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 14 ++++++++++++++
 version.txt                   |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 16 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..96d9b8143bc2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.263.0](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/compare/v2.262.0...v2.263.0) (2026-08-12)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **cohorts:** add environment cohort CRUD API ([#8248](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/issues/8248)) ([5737118](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith/commit/57371184289d4b9d533185cdbd67067b3a59b928))
+* **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
+
+* **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))
+
 ## [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