From 9a10639e6a358a7b3d770c0a946873d1b0ca3d7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]" <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:31:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Release: livekit-api v1.6.0.rc1

---
 .changeset/pre.json                | 5 +++++
 livekit-api/livekit/api/version.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/pre.json

diff --git a/.changeset/pre.json b/.changeset/pre.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..88006446
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pre.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "livekit-api": [
+    "rc-guard-a.md"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/livekit-api/livekit/api/version.py b/livekit-api/livekit/api/version.py
index 5b601886..3491f2a3 100644
--- a/livekit-api/livekit/api/version.py
+++ b/livekit-api/livekit/api/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.5.0"
+__version__ = "1.6.0.rc1"