From b3c7efa38eef63d9d979ad663a9ecfd77e343987 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Cooper <cooper.charles.m@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 18:31:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add v0.3.9 release notes (#3452)

---
 docs/release-notes.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/release-notes.rst b/docs/release-notes.rst
index 3e7bc02587..06bb29d839 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/release-notes.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ Release Notes
     for advisory links:
     :'<,'>s/\v(https:\/\/github.com\/vyperlang\/vyper\/security\/advisories\/)([-A-Za-z0-9]+)/(`\2 <\1\2>`_)/g
 
+v0.3.9
+******
+
+Date released: 2023-05-23
+
+This is a patch release fix for v0.3.8. @bout3fiddy discovered a codesize regression for blueprint contracts in v0.3.8 which is fixed in this release.
+
+Fixes:
+
+- initcode codesize blowup (`#3450 <https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/pull/3450>`_)
+
+
 v0.3.8
 ******