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      * Incompatible arguments are now checked, especially related to VCF vs FASTA inputs. 
      * `--vcf-reference` and `--root-sequence` are now mutually exclusive.
 
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* ancestral: Previously, the help text for --genes falsely claimed that it could accept a file. Now, it can truly claim that. [#1353][] (@victorlin)
+* Deprecate `read_strains` from `augur.utils` and add it to the public API under `augur.io`. [#1353][] (@victorlin)
+
 [#1344]: https://github.com/nextstrain/augur/pull/1344
+[#1353]: https://github.com/nextstrain/augur/pull/1353
 
 ## 23.1.1 (7 November 2023)