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+flux-sched version 0.36.1 - 2024-07-10
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+### New Features
+ * Add support for broker rank-based partial release (#1163)
+
+### Fixes
+ * planner/dfu: avoid dereferencing empty vector (#1239)
+
+### Cleanup
+ * graph: remove unused subsystem selector class (#1241)
+
+
 flux-sched version 0.36.0 - 2024-07-04
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