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 Library
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+- Issue #25270: Prevent codecs.escape_encode() from raising SystemError when
+  an empty bytestring is passed.
+
 - Issue #28181: Get antigravity over HTTPS. Patch by Kaartic Sivaraam.
 
 - Issue #25895: Enable WebSocket URL schemes in urllib.parse.urljoin.