From a05a2705f51fcc31eaeb9b1f2f6933a97eb5178b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Rousskov <mark.simulacrum@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:25:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add 1.97.1 release notes

---
 RELEASES.md | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index 3146bdeb1b118..81310c20c5ef9 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+Version 1.97.1 (2026-07-16)
+==========================
+
+<a id="1.97.1"></a>
+
+- [rustc: Fix miscompilation in LLVM optimization](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/159035)
+  This backports an LLVM submodule bump to include the LLVM-side fix and a
+  revert of the rustc change that is one known trigger for the bug. The rustc
+  side revert should not be strictly necessary but is done out of abundance of caution.
+
 Version 1.97.0 (2026-07-09)
 ==========================