Changelog for 1.13 (#18000)

CHANGELOG.md

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 ## Next release
 
+## Mypy 1.13
+
+We’ve just uploaded mypy 1.13 to the Python Package Index ([PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mypy/)).
+Mypy is a static type checker for Python. You can install it as follows:
+
+    python3 -m pip install -U mypy
+
+You can read the full documentation for this release on [Read the Docs](http://mypy.readthedocs.io).
+
+Note that unlike typical releases, Mypy 1.13 does not have any changes to type checking semantics
+from 1.12.1.
+
+### Improved performance
+
+Mypy 1.13 contains several performance improvements. Users can expect mypy to be 5-20% faster.
+In environments with long search paths (such as environments using many editable installs), mypy
+can be significantly faster, e.g. 2.2x faster in the use case targeted by these improvements.
+
+Mypy 1.13 allows use of the `orjson` library for handling the cache instead of the stdlib `json`,
+for improved performance. You can ensure the presence of `orjson` using the `faster-cache` extra:
+
+    python3 -m pip install -U mypy[faster-cache]
+
+Mypy may depend on `orjson` by default in the future.
+
+These improvements were contributed by Shantanu.
+
+List of changes:
+* Significantly speed up file handling error paths (Shantanu, PR [17920](https://github.com/python/mypy/pull/17920))
+* Use fast path in modulefinder more often (Shantanu, PR [17950](https://github.com/python/mypy/pull/17950))
+* Let mypyc optimise os.path.join (Shantanu, PR [17949](https://github.com/python/mypy/pull/17949))
+* Make is_sub_path faster (Shantanu, PR [17962](https://github.com/python/mypy/pull/17962))
+* Speed up stubs suggestions (Shantanu, PR [17965](https://github.com/python/mypy/pull/17965))
+* Use sha1 for hashing (Shantanu, PR [17953](https://github.com/python/mypy/pull/17953))
+* Use orjson instead of json, when available (Shantanu, PR [17955](https://github.com/python/mypy/pull/17955))
+* Add faster-cache extra, test in CI (Shantanu, PR [17978](https://github.com/python/mypy/pull/17978))
+
+### Acknowledgements
+Thanks to all mypy contributors who contributed to this release:
+
+- Shantanu Jain
+- Jukka Lehtosalo
+
 ## Mypy 1.12
 
 We’ve just uploaded mypy 1.12 to the Python Package Index ([PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mypy/)). Mypy is a static type