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title: PMD Release Notes
permalink: pmd_release_notes.html
keywords: changelog, release notes
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## {{ site.pmd.date }} - {{ site.pmd.version }}

The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD {{ site.pmd.version }}.

This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.

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### New and noteworthy

### Fixed Issues

*   doc
    *   [#1896](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1896): \[doc] Error in changelog 6.16.0 due to not properly closed rule tag
    *   [#1898](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1898): \[doc] Incorrect code example for DoubleBraceInitialization in documentation on website
    *   [#1906](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1906): \[doc] Broken link for adding own CPD languages
    *   [#1909](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1909): \[doc] Sample usage example refers to deprecated ruleset "basic.xml" instead of "quickstart.xml"

### API Changes

### External Contributions

*   [#1908](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1908): \[doc] Update ruleset filename from deprecated basic.xml to quickstart.xml - [crunsk](https://github.com/crunsk)

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