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 Versity ScoutFS Release Notes
 =============================
 
+---
+v1.16
+\
+*Oct 4, 2023*
+
+Fix an issue where the server could hang on startup if its persistent
+allocator structures were left in a specific degraded state by the
+previously active server.
+
 ---
 v1.15
 \