From a4bc6defd29df64b4e5c2432f776a65171f11563 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Friedrich Gonzalez <1517449+friedrichg@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 06:41:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare release v0.18.0

Signed-off-by: Friedrich Gonzalez <1517449+friedrichg@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 CHANGELOG.md          |  4 ++++
 changelogs/v0.18.0.md | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 changelogs/v0.18.0.md

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ad0ebea9d..5959102b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 Order should be `CHANGE`, `FEATURE`, `ENHANCEMENT`, and `BUGFIX`
 
+## v0.18.0
+* [CHANGE] Upgrade cortex to v1.18.1
+* [FEATURE] Add kubeconfig-style configuration file support #50
+
 ## v0.17.0
 * [CHANGE] Upgrade cortex to v1.17.0
 
diff --git a/changelogs/v0.18.0.md b/changelogs/v0.18.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d6d66f2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/v0.18.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# v0.18.0 Release
+
+## Changes
+
+* [CHANGE] Upgrade cortex to v1.18.1
+* [FEATURE] Add kubeconfig-style configuration file support #50
+
+## Installation
+
+## cortextool
+
+```console
+# download the binary (adapt os and arch as needed)
+$ curl -fSL -o "cortextool" "https://github.com/cortexproject/cortex-tools/releases/download/v0.18.0/cortextool_0.18.0_linux_x86_64"
+
+# make it executable
+$ chmod a+x "cortextool"
+
+# have fun :)
+$ ./cortextool --help
+```
+
+## benchtool
+
+```console
+# download the binary (adapt os and arch as needed)
+$ curl -fSL -o "benchtool" "https://github.com/cortexproject/cortex-tools/releases/download/v0.18.0/benchtool_0.18.0_linux_x86_64"
+
+# make it executable
+$ chmod a+x "benchtool"
+
+# have fun :)
+$ ./benchtool --help
+```