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 ^README\.md$
 ^vignettes$
 ^docs$
+^cran-comments\.md$
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 Package: rhino
 Title: A Framework for Enterprise Shiny Applications
-Version: 1.10.0.9001
+Version: 1.10.1
 Authors@R:
   c(
     person("Kamil", "Żyła", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "opensource+kamil@appsilon.com"),
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-# rhino (development version)
+# rhino 1.10.1
 
 * Added check for `box.lsp` package in `.Rprofile` before applying the `languageserver` options.
 
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+# rhino 1.10.1
+
+This release contains a fix for issue affecting the CI and building Docker images with `shiny` applications based on `rhino`. Because of that, we kindly request the reviewer to consider an exception to the CRAN publishing frequency policy.
+
+## R CMD check results
+
+0 errors | 0 warnings | 1 note
+
+* This is a new release.