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+```release-note:bug
+memberlist: fixes a couple bugs which allowed malformed input to cause a crash in a Consul
+client or server.
+```
+
+```release-note:bug
+telemetry: fixes a bug with Prometheus metrics where Gauges and Summaries were incorrectly
+being expired.
+```