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@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ What's new in psycopg 2.6.3
 What's new in psycopg 2.6.2
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+- Fixed inconsistent state in externally closed connections
+  (:tickets:`#263, #311, #443`).
 - Report the server response status on errors (such as :ticket:`#281`).
 - Raise `!NotSupportedError` on unhandled server response status
   (:ticket:`#352`).