From 6255b018307a660b4f373ecc4df99a8d35fa3615 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cina Arjmand <116003645+CinaArjmand@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:49:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add changelog for 0.61.1

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 docs/changes/0.61.1.rst                         | 8 ++++++++
 docs/changes/index.rst                          | 1 +
 docs/changes/newsfragments/8616.improved_driver | 2 --
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/changes/0.61.1.rst
 delete mode 100644 docs/changes/newsfragments/8616.improved_driver

diff --git a/docs/changes/0.61.1.rst b/docs/changes/0.61.1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c4e4d7490360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changes/0.61.1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+QCoDeS 0.61.1 (2026-10-19)
+==========================
+
+Improved Drivers:
+-----------------
+
+- Added the ``four_wire_measurement`` setting to the simulated Keithley 2600 (``Keithley_2600.yaml``),
+  so a full snapshot of the simulated instrument no longer waits out the VISA timeout on that parameter. (:pr:`8616`)
diff --git a/docs/changes/index.rst b/docs/changes/index.rst
index 4f6d67ea99ac..130407248e39 100644
--- a/docs/changes/index.rst
+++ b/docs/changes/index.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Changelogs
 
 .. toctree::
    Unreleased <unreleased>
+   0.61.1 <0.61.1>
    0.61.0 <0.61.0>
    0.60.0 <0.60.0>
    0.59.0 <0.59.0>
diff --git a/docs/changes/newsfragments/8616.improved_driver b/docs/changes/newsfragments/8616.improved_driver
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f8f465b1b02..000000000000
--- a/docs/changes/newsfragments/8616.improved_driver
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Added the ``four_wire_measurement`` setting to the simulated Keithley 2600 (``Keithley_2600.yaml``),
-so a full snapshot of the simulated instrument no longer waits out the VISA timeout on that parameter.