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-### Current version: `3.0.0b33`
+### Current version: `3.0.0b35`
 
 You can check the version installed by running `obi --version`
 
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ python3 setup.py install
 
 ### Release notes:
 
+* `3.0.0b35`: 
+  - `ecotag`: added separate threshold for minimum circle identity (sequence is assigned to the LCA of all sequences within a similarity circle of the best matches; the threshold for this circle is the highest value between the chosen minimum circle identity and the best assignment score found)
+
+* `3.0.0b34`: 
+  - `cat`: fixed open file descriptor leak
+
 * `3.0.0b33`:
   - `cat`: fixed a bug introduced in 3.0.0b28 (`KeyError: 'noprogressbar'`)