diff --git a/.github/actions/spelling/expect.txt b/.github/actions/spelling/expect.txt
index 78b5fc5e2..ccb04baad 100644
--- a/.github/actions/spelling/expect.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spelling/expect.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ EVPD
 failback
 failover
 fds
+fexceptions
 FFFFFFFF
 fge
 followover
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ igroup
 img
 inotify
 inttypes
+ioctls
 iscsi
 isw
 kpartx
diff --git a/.github/actions/spelling/patterns.txt b/.github/actions/spelling/patterns.txt
index aa361654a..27d42d904 100644
--- a/.github/actions/spelling/patterns.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spelling/patterns.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 \bdmmp_pgs\b
 \bdmmp_mpath_kdev_name_get\b
 \bfast_io_fail_tmo\b
+\blibmp_mapinfo\b
 \bLimitRTPRIO=?\b
 \bmax_fds\b
 \bmissing_uev_wait_timeout\b
@@ -101,5 +102,7 @@
 \bHBAs\b
 \bSANtricity\b
 \bVTrak\b
+\bXSG1\b
+
 
 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 5b3f131c6..f85938603 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,35 @@
 # multipath-tools Release Notes
 
+## multipath-tools 0.9.x (in preparation)
+
+### User-Visible Changes
+
+* Add hardware defaults for Huawei storage arrays and XSG1 vendors
+
+### Other major changes
+
+* Refactored a significant part of the libmultipath / libdevmapper interface.
+  All functions that retrieve information about DM maps have been converted
+  to use just one worker function, libmp_mapinfo(). This reduces code size
+  while providing more flexibility and efficiency (less device-mapper ioctls).
+  Also, cleanup attributes are used consistently in the libdevmapper-related code.
+* Made map removal more efficient by avoiding unnecessary recursion.
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* Fixed bug that caused queueing to be always disabled if flushing a map failed
+  (bug introduced in 0.9.8).
+* Fixed failure to remove maps even with `deferred_remove` (bug introduced in 0.9.9).
+
+### Other
+
+* Use `-fexceptions` during compilation to make sure cleanup code is executed
+  when threads are cancelled
+* Fixed CI for ARM/v7
+* Remove hardcoded paths and make them configurable instead.
+  This should improve compatibility e.g. with NixOS.
+* Fixed directio CI test for real devices, run more "real" tests in CI
+
 ## multipath-tools 0.9.9, 2024/05
 
 ### Important note