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+Changes since 4.1 BETA1
+-----------------------
+
+* [HTTPCLIENT-1030) Implement "ignoreCookies" CookieSpec
+ Contributed by Sebastian Bazley <sebb at apache.org>
+
 Release 4.1 BETA1
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