From 0ab5c7d9a9847036b5fe914b4e9ef1e381dcb741 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DiamondLightSource-build-server
 <DiamondLightSource-build-server@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2023 20:19:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] DIALS 3.16.1 Changelog

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 CHANGELOG.rst             | 9 +++++++++
 newsfragments/2491.bugfix | 1 -
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 delete mode 100644 newsfragments/2491.bugfix

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 13f68a5418..ceca7e57f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+DIALS 3.16.1 (2023-09-05)
+=========================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- ``dials.merge``: Fix potential for crash with ``r_free_flags.extend=True``, if there is no new flags to extend. (`#2491 <https://github.com/dials/dials/issues/2491>`_)
+
+
 DIALS 3.16.0 (2023-08-14)
 =========================
 
diff --git a/newsfragments/2491.bugfix b/newsfragments/2491.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e658e10b9..0000000000
--- a/newsfragments/2491.bugfix
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-``dials.merge``: Fix potential for crash with r_free_flags.extend=True if there is no new flags to extend