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@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Earlier releases remain available in the 1.0 release history, the 1.0 preview hi
 
 2nd September, 2026
 
+I am sorry to make this release while several pull requests are still awaiting merge, but I believe that the safeguards provided by this work are significant, so I have decided to release it. I will merge the remaining pull requests in turn. Thank you for bearing with me while I have been less active recently.
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 ### Synchronisation and storage
 
 #### Fixed