From 180e81bb4b38aee59fd8e15e72808975a8c4354e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Motov Yurii <109919500+YuriiMotov@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 14:06:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=94=A8=20Add=20pre-commit=20hook=20to?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20ensure=20latest=20release=20header=20has=20date=20(#15293)?=
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---
 .pre-commit-config.yaml            |  7 ++++++
 scripts/add_latest_release_date.py | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 scripts/add_latest_release_date.py

diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 21c8bea6cd..4eae7a64df 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -78,3 +78,10 @@ repos:
         name: fix translations
         entry: uv run ./scripts/translation_fixer.py fix-pages
         files: ^docs/(?!en/).*/docs/.*\.md$
+
+      - id: add-release-date
+        language: unsupported
+        name: add date to latest release header
+        entry: uv run python scripts/add_latest_release_date.py
+        files: ^docs/en/docs/release-notes\.md$
+        pass_filenames: false
diff --git a/scripts/add_latest_release_date.py b/scripts/add_latest_release_date.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f20b727e7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/add_latest_release_date.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+"""Check release-notes.md and add today's date to the latest release header if missing."""
+
+import re
+import sys
+from datetime import date
+
+RELEASE_NOTES_FILE = "docs/en/docs/release-notes.md"
+RELEASE_HEADER_PATTERN = re.compile(r"^## (\d+\.\d+\.\d+)\s*(\(.*\))?\s*$")
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    with open(RELEASE_NOTES_FILE) as f:
+        lines = f.readlines()
+
+    for i, line in enumerate(lines):
+        match = RELEASE_HEADER_PATTERN.match(line)
+        if not match:
+            continue
+
+        version = match.group(1)
+        date_part = match.group(2)
+
+        if date_part:
+            print(f"Latest release {version} already has a date: {date_part}")
+            sys.exit(0)
+
+        today = date.today().isoformat()
+        lines[i] = f"## {version} ({today})\n"
+        print(f"Added date: {version} ({today})")
+
+        with open(RELEASE_NOTES_FILE, "w") as f:
+            f.writelines(lines)
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    print("No release header found")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 12:07:04 +0000
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[skip ci]
---
 docs/en/docs/release-notes.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index b2e3b9c528..a0a045f989 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ hide:
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+### Internal
+
+* 🔨 Add pre-commit hook to ensure latest release header has date. PR [#15293](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/pull/15293) by [@YuriiMotov](https://github.com/YuriiMotov).
+
 ## 0.135.3 (2026-04-01)
 
 ### Features