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+Synapse 1.40.0rc2 (2021-08-04)
+==============================
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+Bugfixes
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+- Fix the `PeriodicallyFlushingMemoryHandler` inhibiting application shutdown because of its background thread. ([\#10517](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10517))
+- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.40.0rc1 that would cause Synapse to respond with an error when clients would update their read receipts. ([\#10531](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10531))
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+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Fix release script to open correct URL for the release. ([\#10516](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10516))
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+
 Synapse 1.40.0rc1 (2021-08-03)
 ==============================