CI: Cherry-pick release 6.0.1 release-notes and version bump to devel (#6609) (#6632)

Author: ClausHolbechArista

ansible_collections/arista/avd/CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ Arista.Avd Release Notes
 
 .. contents:: Topics
 
+v6.0.1
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Release 6.0.1 - See documentation on avd.arista.com for details.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- Bump: grpclib>=0.4.8 (#6590) by @ClausHolbechArista in https://github.com/aristanetworks/avd/pull/6605
+
 v6.0.0
 ======
 

ansible_collections/arista/avd/changelogs/.plugin-cache.yaml

@@ -125,4 +125,4 @@ plugins:
         than group_vars or host_vars
       name: global_vars
       version_added: 4.0.0
-version: 6.0.0
+version: 6.0.1

ansible_collections/arista/avd/changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -4214,3 +4214,13 @@ releases:
       name: validate_inputs
       namespace: ''
     release_date: '2026-02-19'
+  6.0.1:
+    changes:
+      minor_changes:
+      - 'Bump: grpclib>=0.4.8 (#6590) by @ClausHolbechArista in https://github.com/aristanetworks/avd/pull/6605'
+      release_summary: 'Release 6.0.1 - See documentation on avd.arista.com for details.
+
+        '
+    fragments:
+    - v6.0.1.yml
+    release_date: '2026-02-25'

ansible_collections/arista/avd/changelogs/fragments_backup/v6.0.1.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+release_summary: |
+  Release 6.0.1 - See documentation on avd.arista.com for details.
+minor_changes:
+- |-
+ Bump: grpclib>=0.4.8 (#6590) by @ClausHolbechArista in https://github.com/aristanetworks/avd/pull/6605

ansible_collections/arista/avd/galaxy.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace: arista
 name: avd
 
 # The version of the collection. Must be compatible with semantic versioning
-version: 6.0.0
+version: 6.1.0-dev0
 # The path to the Markdown (.md) readme file. This path is relative to the root of the collection
 readme: README.md
 

ansible_collections/arista/avd/requirements.txt

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ distlib>=0.3.9
 grpclib>=0.4.8
 jinja2>=3.0
 netaddr>=0.7.19
-pyavd==6.0.0
+pyavd==6.1.0.dev0
 pyavd-utils==0.0.2
 python-socks[asyncio]>=2.7.2
 pyyaml>=6.0.0

docs/release-notes/6.x.x.md

@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ The AVD project follows Semantic Versioning. For the best user experience, we re
 
 For additional information, please see [versioning](../versioning/semantic-versioning.md).
 
+## Release 6.0.1
+
+### Changes to requirements
+
+- Python requirements:
+  - PyAVD now supports `grpclib>=0.4.8` instead of the pinned `grpclib==0.4.9`.
+
 ## Release 6.0.0
 
 ### Changes to requirements

pyproject.toml

@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ exclude_also = [
 
 [tool.bumpversion]
 
-current_version = "6.0.0"
+current_version = "6.1.0-dev0"
 
 allow_dirty = true
 commit = false

python-avd/pyavd/__init__.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 __author__ = "Arista Networks"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright 2023-2026 Arista Networks"
 __license__ = "Apache 2.0"
-__version__ = "6.0.0"
+__version__ = "6.1.0.dev0"
 
 __all__ = [
     "get_avd_facts",

python-avd/pyproject.toml

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ version = {attr = "pyavd.__version__"}
 [dependency-groups]
 # helping pdm generate the flat list of requirements in pre-commit
 self = [
-  "pyavd==6.0.0"
+  "pyavd==6.1.0.dev0"
 ]
 
 [tool.black]