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 Synapse 1.19.0 (2020-08-17)
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-Synapse 1.19.0 is identical to Synapse 1.19.0rc1.
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-Synapse 1.19.0rc1 (2020-08-13)
-==============================
+No significant changes since 1.19.0rc1.
 
 Removal warning
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@@ -13,6 +9,9 @@ Removal warning
 As outlined in the [previous release](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.18.0), we are no longer publishing Docker images with the `-py3` tag suffix. On top of that, we have also removed the `latest-py3` tag. Please see [the announcement in the upgrade notes for 1.18.0](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/UPGRADE.rst#upgrading-to-v1180).
 
 
+Synapse 1.19.0rc1 (2020-08-13)
+==============================
+
 Features
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