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@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ desimodel Release Notes
 0.19.3 (unreleased)
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+* Replace focalplane slackbot alerts with an email to slack (PR `#177`_).
 * Updated KPNO focalplane sync scripts to use desimodel 0.19.2 (PR `#176`_).
 
 .. _`#176`: https://github.com/desihub/desimodel/pull/176
+.. _`#177`: https://github.com/desihub/desimodel/pull/177
 
 0.19.2 (2024-09-17)
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