Add release notes for 5.3.3

Author: markstory

2026/02/24/cakephp_532.rst

@@ -64,5 +64,5 @@ Download a `packaged release on github
 <https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases>`_.
 
 .. author:: markstory
-.. categories:: release, news, security
-.. tags:: release, news, security
+.. categories:: release, news
+.. tags:: release, news

2026/03/18/cakephp_533.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+CakePHP 5.3.3 Released
+======================
+
+The CakePHP core team is happy to announce the immediate availability of CakePHP
+5.3.3. This is a maintenance release for the 5.3 branch that fixes several
+community reported issues.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+You can expect the following changes in 5.3.3. See the `changelog
+<https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/compare/5.3.2...5.3.3>`_ for every commit.
+
+* Improved type hints for database query results, and ``disableHydration()``.
+* ``Query::setMatching()`` without a builder no longer clears the builder
+  function. Instead an identity function is used to retain query composition.
+* Improved typehinting on ``FactoryLocator``.
+* Updated dependencies and CI tooling.
+* Enabled strict mode for more ``in_array()`` checks.
+
+Contributors to 5.3.3
+----------------------
+
+Thank you to all the contributors that submitted a pull request:
+
+* ADmad
+* Jasper Smet
+* Kevin Pfeifer
+* Mark Scherer
+* Mark Story
+* Nicos Panayides
+
+As always, we would like to also thank all the contributors that opened issues,
+or updated the documentation.
+
+Download a `packaged release on github
+<https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases>`_.
+
+.. author:: markstory
+.. categories:: release, news
+.. tags:: release, news

master.rst

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+   2026/03/18/cakephp_533
    2026/02/24/cakephp_532
    2026/01/14/cakephp_5212
    2026/01/13/cakephp_531