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 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [1.26.1] = 2021-10-01
+### Updated
+- 9e552c3: Allow some basic client commands before AOF data loads
+
 ## [1.26.0] = 2021-09-29
 ### Added
 - #623: Added SECTOR type to spatial searches (@iwpnd, @gmonk)