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 Package: batchtools
 Title: Tools for Computation on Batch Systems
-Version: 0.9.16
+Version: 0.9.17
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Michel", "Lang", NULL, "michellang@gmail.com",
       role = c("cre", "aut"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-9754-0393")),
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+# batchtools 0.9.17
+
+* Fixed a bug in the finalizer of `ClusterFunctionsMulticore`.
+
 # batchtools 0.9.16
 
 * Fixed a bug in `addExperiments()` in combination with combination method `"bind"` and repls > 1 where experiments have been duplicated.