Hey everyone, I've finished up two tickets (SOLR-17049 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-17049> and SOLR-17261 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-17261>) that I believe are serious enough bugs to release a 9.6.1. I think SOLR-17049 is pretty long-standing, but SOLR-17261 was introduced in 9.5, so definitely not something that people have learned to live with.
I'm planning on starting the release process on next monday, May 20, unless anyone has an objection. That will give everyone some time to get other bug fixes in that they may need. - Houston
