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@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
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+- bpo-23890: unittest.TestCase.assertRaises() now manually breaks a reference
+  cycle to not keep objects alive longer than expected.
+
 - bpo-30149: inspect.signature() now supports callables with
   variable-argument parameters wrapped with partialmethod.
   Patch by Dong-hee Na.