Release Notes:
Configurability: + Allow platform-specific startup bazelrc flags (https://github.com/baz… (#29251)
ExternalDeps: + Include rctx.os.{name,arch} in the pre declared inputs hash (https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/pull/29148) (#29194) + Fix launcher/launcher_maker for cross build (https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/pull/29200) (#29238)
General: + Release 9.0.1 (2026-03-10)
OSS: + Correctly cross-jlink Windows arm64 builds (https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/pull/28988) (#29012) + Update .bazelversion and MODULE.bazel for 9.0.2 (#28951)
Performance: + Make include verification aware of Windows case-insensitivity (#29214)
Remote-Exec: + Fix infinite spin-wait and missing cancellation propagation in TaskDeduplicator. (https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/pull/28938) (#28990) + Treat RUNFILES_TREE_MARKER as a directory in `BuildEvent.forArtifac… (#29010)
Rules-CPP: + Include both windows and unix files in embedded_zipper_sources (#29235)
Acknowledgements:
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