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+  o Minor bugfixes:
+    - Correct a confusing error message when trying to extend a circuit
+      via the control protocol but we don't know a descriptor or
+      microdescriptor for one of the specified relays. Fixes bug 12718;
+      bugfix on 0.2.3.1-alpha.