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+- Support [setting the default attribute of the issue template dropdown field](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/commit/df15abd07264138fd07e003d0cf056f7da514b8f)
+- [Return access_denied error when an OAuth2 request is denied](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/commit/886a675f62233dcde3ac0d7b2181484f29344f26)
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+- [automerge does not happen when the approval count reaches the required threshold](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/commit/7d7ea45465d6cd1ea0ec549a71f67b4a8ff930cf)
+- the [`FORCE_PRIVATE=true` setting is not consistently enforced](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/commit/a649610d6175d1994b838f5672261400df9fdb92)