diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index cb0cb825..587206d9 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 * Schema generation is no longer attached to the application instance. Use `schemas = SchemaGenerator(...)` and `return schemas.OpenAPIResponse(request=request)`
 * `LifespanMiddleware` is dropped in favor of router-based lifespan handling.
 * Application instances now accept a `routes` argument, `Starlette(routes=[...])`
+* Schema generation now includes mounted routes.
 
 ## 0.10.6
 
diff --git a/docs/requests.md b/docs/requests.md
index c71932e8..317699b6 100644
--- a/docs/requests.md
+++ b/docs/requests.md
@@ -115,3 +115,12 @@ will raise an error.
 In some cases such as long-polling, or streaming responses you might need to
 determine if the client has dropped the connection. You can determine this
 state with `disconnected = await request.is_disconnected()`.
+
+#### Other state
+
+If you want to store additional information on the request you can do so
+using `request.state`.
+
+For example:
+
+`request.state.time_started = time.time()`
diff --git a/starlette/requests.py b/starlette/requests.py
index 85762520..6953cee0 100644
--- a/starlette/requests.py
+++ b/starlette/requests.py
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ class ClientDisconnect(Exception):
     pass
 
 
+class State:
+    pass
+
+
 class HTTPConnection(Mapping):
     """
     A base class for incoming HTTP connections, that is used to provide
@@ -88,16 +92,6 @@ class HTTPConnection(Mapping):
         ), "SessionMiddleware must be installed to access request.session"
         return self._scope["session"]
 
-    @property
-    def database(self) -> typing.Any:  # pragma: no cover
-        # NOTE: Pending deprecation. You probably want to look at the
-        # stand-alone `databases` package instead.
-        # https://github.com/encode/databases
-        assert (
-            "database" in self._scope
-        ), "DatabaseMiddleware must be installed to access request.database"
-        return self._scope["database"]
-
     @property
     def auth(self) -> typing.Any:
         assert (
@@ -112,6 +106,12 @@ class HTTPConnection(Mapping):
         ), "AuthenticationMiddleware must be installed to access request.user"
         return self._scope["user"]
 
+    @property
+    def state(self) -> State:
+        if "state" not in self._scope:
+            self._scope["state"] = State()
+        return self._scope["state"]
+
     def url_for(self, name: str, **path_params: typing.Any) -> str:
         router = self._scope["router"]
         url_path = router.url_path_for(name, **path_params)
diff --git a/tests/test_requests.py b/tests/test_requests.py
index 8e3f3688..79192e47 100644
--- a/tests/test_requests.py
+++ b/tests/test_requests.py
@@ -280,6 +280,21 @@ def test_request_is_disconnected():
     assert disconnected_after_response
 
 
+def test_request_state():
+    def app(scope):
+        async def asgi(receive, send):
+            request = Request(scope, receive)
+            request.state.example = 123
+            response = JSONResponse({"state.example": request["state"].example})
+            await response(receive, send)
+
+        return asgi
+
+    client = TestClient(app)
+    response = client.get("/123?a=abc")
+    assert response.json() == {"state.example": 123}
+
+
 def test_request_cookies():
     def app(scope):
         async def asgi(receive, send):