diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
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 # Changelog
 
+## 2026-07-25
+
+- Added `overlays/cheetah3.nix` to disable `pythonMetadataCheckPhase` for `cheetah3`. 
+  This fixes an issue where the NixOS rebuild fails for `sabnzbd` due to `importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError: No package metadata was found for cheetah3` during the Python package evaluation in `nixos-unstable`.
+
 ## 2026-07-20
 
 - Added `overlays/paho-mqtt.nix` to disable paho-mqtt's flaky, socket-based
diff --git a/overlays/cheetah3.nix b/overlays/cheetah3.nix
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+_inputs: _final: prev: {
+  pythonPackagesExtensions = prev.pythonPackagesExtensions ++ [
+    (_pyfinal: pyprev: {
+      cheetah3 = pyprev.cheetah3.overridePythonAttrs (_old: {
+        dontCheckPythonMetadata = true;
+      });
+    })
+  ];
+}