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From: George Tsagkarelis <george.tsagkarelis@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 21:01:34 +0100
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+# Release Notes
+- [Bug Fixes](#bug-fixes)
+- [New Features](#new-features)
+    - [Functional Enhancements](#functional-enhancements)
+    - [RPC Additions](#rpc-additions)
+    - [lncli Additions](#lncli-additions)
+- [Improvements](#improvements)
+    - [Functional Updates](#functional-updates)
+    - [RPC Updates](#rpc-updates)
+    - [lncli Updates](#lncli-updates)
+    - [Breaking Changes](#breaking-changes)
+    - [Performance Improvements](#performance-improvements)
+- [Technical and Architectural Updates](#technical-and-architectural-updates)
+    - [BOLT Spec Updates](#bolt-spec-updates)
+    - [Testing](#testing)
+    - [Database](#database)
+    - [Code Health](#code-health)
+    - [Tooling and Documentation](#tooling-and-documentation)
+
+# Bug Fixes
+# New Features
+
+The main channel state machine and database now allow for processing and storing
+custom Taproot script leaves, [allowing the implementation of custom channel
+types](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/8960).
+
+## Functional Enhancements
+
+* A new `protocol.simple-taproot-overlay-chans` configuration item/CLI flag was
+  added [to turn on custom channel
+  functionality](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/8960).
+
+## RPC Additions
+
+* Some new experimental [RPCs for managing SCID
+  aliases](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/8960) were added under
+  the `routerrpc` package. These methods allow manually adding and deleting SCID
+  aliases locally to your node.
+  > NOTE: these new RPC methods are marked as experimental
+  (`XAddLocalChanAliases` & `XDeleteLocalChanAliases`) and upon calling
+  them the aliases will not be communicated with the channel peer.
+
+* The responses for the `ListChannels`, `PendingChannels` and `ChannelBalance`
+  RPCs now include [a new `custom_channel_data` field that is only set for 
+  custom channels](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/8960).
+
+* The `routerrpc.SendPaymentV2` RPC has a new field [`first_hop_custom_records`
+  that allows the user to send custom p2p wire message TLV types to the first
+  hop of a payment](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/8960).
+  That new field is also exposed in the `routerrpc.HtlcInterceptor`, so it can
+  be read and interpreted by external software.
+
+* The `routerrpc.HtlcInterceptor` now [allows some values of the HTLC to be
+  modified before they're validated by the state
+  machine](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/8960). The fields that
+  can be modified are `outgoing_amount_msat` (if transported overlaid value of
+  HTLC doesn't match the actual BTC amount being transferred) and
+  `outgoing_htlc_wire_custom_records` (allow adding custom TLV values to the
+  p2p wire message of the forwarded HTLC).
+
+* A new [`invoicesrpc.HtlcModifier` RPC now allows incoming HTLCs that attempt
+  to satisfy an invoice to be modified before they're
+  validated](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/8960). This allows
+  custom channels to determine what the actual (overlaid) value of an HTLC is,
+  even if that value doesn't match the actual BTC amount being transferred by
+  the HTLC.
+
+## lncli Additions
+
+# Improvements
+## Functional Updates
+## RPC Updates
+
+## lncli Updates
+
+
+## Code Health
+## Breaking Changes
+## Performance Improvements
+
+# Technical and Architectural Updates
+## BOLT Spec Updates
+
+## Testing
+## Database
+## Code Health
+## Tooling and Documentation
+
+# Contributors (Alphabetical Order)
+
+* ffranr
+* George Tsagkarelis
+* Olaoluwa Osuntokun
+* Oliver Gugger
+