From 6e4ab293ce46667cfcda0e5d3b24a0b0c40067cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joris Van den Bossche <jorisvandenbossche@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 10:33:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #62257: DOC: Add release notes template for 2.3.3

---
 doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst  |  1 +
 doc/source/whatsnew/v2.3.3.rst | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/source/whatsnew/v2.3.3.rst

diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
index dcee5aa4f8597..0b2d28f8317f1 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/index.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Version 2.3
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   v2.3.3
    v2.3.2
    v2.3.1
    v2.3.0
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.3.3.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.3.3.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e31ae4a8a647b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.3.3.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+.. _whatsnew_233:
+
+What's new in 2.3.3 (September XX, 2025)
+----------------------------------------
+
+These are the changes in pandas 2.3.3. See :ref:`release` for a full changelog
+including other versions of pandas.
+
+{{ header }}
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_233.string_fixes:
+
+Improvements and fixes for the StringDtype
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Most changes in this release are related to :class:`StringDtype` which will
+become the default string dtype in pandas 3.0. See
+:ref:`whatsnew_230.upcoming_changes` for more details.
+
+.. _whatsnew_233.string_fixes.bugs:
+
+Bug fixes
+^^^^^^^^^
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. _whatsnew_233.contributors:
+
+Contributors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~