From 7ea940a3a6ffd1f4ef127bda50e7cf41f5b515db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "James R. Barlow" <james@purplerock.ca>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:28:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] v16.10.3 release notes

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 docs/release_notes.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/release_notes.md b/docs/release_notes.md
index df34fa3b..ea3d6778 100644
--- a/docs/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/release_notes.md
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ about a forthcoming release that has not been tagged yet. A release is only
 official when it's tagged and posted to PyPI.
 :::
 
+## v16.10.3
+
+- Blocked optimization of images with pre-blended soft masks. {issue}`1536`
+- Fixed warning from hypothesis on running tests.
+
 ## v16.10.2
 
 - Blacklist pikepdf 9.8.0 due to an incompatible change.