From f3c425e4732c1fa0a752f85610c7ac089ba82750 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: trevor-signal <trevor@signal.org>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 10:21:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Release notes for 7.74

---
 _locales/en/messages.json       | 4 ++++
 ts/components/WhatsNewModal.tsx | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/_locales/en/messages.json b/_locales/en/messages.json
index 303df5b196..8a4e9184ad 100644
--- a/_locales/en/messages.json
+++ b/_locales/en/messages.json
@@ -9300,5 +9300,9 @@
   "icu:WhatsNew__7.73": {
     "messageformat": "This update introduces new performance optimizations to help improve battery life, so you'll have more charge available for emotionally charged conversations.",
     "description": "Release notes for 7.73 release"
+  },
+  "icu:WhatsNew__7.74": {
+    "messageformat": "Just in time for autumn, the new \"Leafless Tree\" emoji {leaflessTreeEmoji} (along with the other six new emoji in Unicode 16.0) are now supported in Signal Desktop.",
+    "description": "Release notes for 7.74 release."
   }
 }
diff --git a/ts/components/WhatsNewModal.tsx b/ts/components/WhatsNewModal.tsx
index 939adf495c..8c26bfa3d7 100644
--- a/ts/components/WhatsNewModal.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/WhatsNewModal.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,13 @@ export function WhatsNewModal({
   const releaseNotes: ReleaseNotesType = {
     date: new Date(window.getBuildCreation?.() || Date.now()),
     version: window.getVersion?.(),
-    features: [<I18n i18n={i18n} id="icu:WhatsNew__7.73" />],
+    features: [
+      <I18n
+        i18n={i18n}
+        id="icu:WhatsNew__7.74"
+        components={{ leaflessTreeEmoji: '🪾' }}
+      />,
+    ],
   };
 
   if (releaseNotes.features.length === 1 && !releaseNotes.header) {