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ReleaseNotes

@@ -2,6 +2,37 @@ This document summarizes new features and bugfixes in each stable release
 of Tor. If you want to see more detailed descriptions of the changes in
 each development snapshot, see the ChangeLog file.
 
+Changes in version 0.2.8.16 - 2017-10-25
+  Tor 0.2.8.16 backports a collection of bugfixes from later Tor release
+  series, including a bugfix for a crash issue that had affected relays
+  under memory pressure. It also adds a new directory authority, Bastet.
+
+  Note: the Tor 0.2.8 series will no longer be supported after 1 Jan
+  2018. If you need a release with long-term support, please stick with
+  the 0.2.9 series. Otherwise, please upgrade to 0.3.1 or later.
+
+  o Directory authority changes:
+    - Add "Bastet" as a ninth directory authority to the default list.
+      Closes ticket 23910.
+    - The directory authority "Longclaw" has changed its IP address.
+      Closes ticket 23592.
+
+  o Major bugfixes (relay, crash, assertion failure, backport from 0.3.2.2-alpha):
+    - Fix a timing-based assertion failure that could occur when the
+      circuit out-of-memory handler freed a connection's output buffer.
+      Fixes bug 23690; bugfix on 0.2.6.1-alpha.
+
+  o Minor features (directory authorities, backport from 0.3.2.2-alpha):
+    - Remove longclaw's IPv6 address, as it will soon change. Authority
+      IPv6 addresses were originally added in 0.2.8.1-alpha. This leaves
+      3/8 directory authorities with IPv6 addresses, but there are also
+      52 fallback directory mirrors with IPv6 addresses. Resolves 19760.
+
+  o Minor features (geoip):
+    - Update geoip and geoip6 to the October 4 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
+      Country database.
+
+
 Changes in version 0.2.8.15 - 2017-09-18
   Tor 0.2.8.15 backports a collection of bugfixes from later
   Tor series.