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- The runtime now allows use of the :rts-flag:`-hT` profiling variety on
programs built with :ghc-flag:`-prof`.
+- The STM assertions mechanism (namely the ``always`` and ``alwaysSucceeds``
+ functions) has been removed. This happened a bit earlier than proposed in the
+ deprecation pragma included in GHC 8.4, but due to community feedback we
+ decided to move ahead with the early removal.
+
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