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@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@ C-API
 Library
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+- Issue #7361: Importlib was not properly checking the number of bytes in
+  bytecode file when it was less then 8 bytes.
+
 - Issue #7633: In the decimal module, Context class methods (with the
   exception of canonical and is_canonical) now accept instances of int
   and long wherever a Decimal instance is accepted, and implicitly