diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 0245204fe5e..3a3d9880541 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,100 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+3.10.11rc0 (2024-11-12)
+=======================
+
+Bug fixes
+---------
+
+- Authentication provided by a redirect now takes precedence over provided ``auth`` when making requests with the client -- by :user:`PLPeeters`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`9436`.
+
+
+
+- Fixed :py:meth:`WebSocketResponse.close() <aiohttp.web.WebSocketResponse.close>` to discard non-close messages within its timeout window after sending close -- by :user:`lenard-mosys`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`9506`.
+
+
+
+- Fixed a deadlock that could occur while attempting to get a new connection slot after a timeout -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+  The connector was not cancellation-safe.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`9670`, :issue:`9671`.
+
+
+
+- Fixed the WebSocket flow control calculation undercounting with multi-byte data -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`9686`.
+
+
+
+
+Removals and backward incompatible breaking changes
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+- Improved performance of the connector when a connection can be reused -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+  If ``BaseConnector.connect`` has been subclassed and replaced with custom logic, the ``ceil_timeout`` must be added.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`9600`.
+
+
+
+
+Miscellaneous internal changes
+------------------------------
+
+- Improved performance of the client request lifecycle when there are no cookies -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`9470`.
+
+
+
+- Improved performance of sending client requests when the writer can finish synchronously -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`9485`.
+
+
+
+- Improved performance of serializing HTTP headers -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`9603`.
+
+
+
+- Passing ``enable_cleanup_closed`` to :py:class:`aiohttp.TCPConnector` is now ignored on Python 3.12.7+ and 3.13.1+ since the underlying bug that caused asyncio to leak SSL connections has been fixed upstream -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`9726`, :issue:`9736`.
+
+
+
+
+----
+
+
 3.10.10 (2024-10-10)
 ====================
 
diff --git a/aiohttp/__init__.py b/aiohttp/__init__.py
index 3c08b041af9..d092b00cc7a 100644
--- a/aiohttp/__init__.py
+++ b/aiohttp/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "3.10.11.dev0"
+__version__ = "3.10.11rc0"
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Tuple