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 .. current developments
 
+v3.24.1
+====================
+
+**Added:**
+
+* Add GHA option to limit number of parallel jobs - #1744
+
+**Changed:**
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+* Free up more space on the default linux image on Azure Pipelines
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Avoid needing to activate environment to use conda-smithy
+
+**Authors:**
+
+* Matthew R. Becker
+* Mark Harfouche
+* Chris Burr
+* Billy K. Poon
+* John Kirkham
+
+
+
 v3.24.0
 ====================
 
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