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+  o Major feature (relay):
+    - Relay do not use nor advertise a DirPort anymore. Only authorities do
+      because it is still used by them. Closes ticket 40282.
+    - Authority DirPort self reachability test has now been removed because
+      network reentry to that DirPort is not allowed anymore.
+