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 # go-ipfs changelog
 
+### 0.4.3-rc4 - 2016-09-06
+
+This release candidate fixes issues in Bitswap and the `ipfs add` command, and improves testing.
+We plan for this to be the last release candidate before the release of go-ipfs v0.4.3.
+
+With this release candidate, we're also moving go-ipfs to Go 1.7, which we expect will yield improvements in runtime performance, memory usage, build time and size of the release binaries.
+
+- Require Go 1.7. (@whyrusleeping, @Kubuxu, @lgierth, [ipfs/go-ipfs#3163](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/3163))
+  - For this purpose, switch Docker image from Alpine 3.4 to Alpine Edge.
+- Fix cancellation of Bitswap `wantlist` entries. (@whyrusleeping, [ipfs/go-ipfs#3182](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/3182))
+- Fix clearing of `active` state of Bitswap provider queries. (@whyrusleeping, [ipfs/go-ipfs#3169](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/3169))
+- Fix a panic in the DHT code. (@Kubuxu, [ipfs/go-ipfs#3200](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/3200))
+- Improve handling of `Identity` field in `ipfs config` command. (@Kubuxu, @whyrusleeping, [ipfs/go-ipfs#3141](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/3141))
+- Fix explicit adding of symlinked files and directories. (@kevina, [ipfs/go-ipfs#3135](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/3135))
+- Fix bash auto-completion of `ipfs daemon --unrestricted-api` option. (@lgierth, [ipfs/go-ipfs#3159](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/3159))
+- Introduce a new timeout tool for tests to avoid licensing issues. (@Kubuxu, [ipfs/go-ipfs#3152](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/3152))
+- Improve output for migrations of fs-repo. (@lgierth, [ipfs/go-ipfs#3158](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/3158))
+- Fix info notice of commands taking input from stdin. (@Kubuxu, [ipfs/go-ipfs#3134](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/3134))
+- Bring back a few tests for stdin handling of `ipfs cat` and `ipfs add`. (@Kubuxu, [ipfs/go-ipfs#3144](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/3144))
+- Improve sharness tests for `ipfs repo verify` command. (@whyrusleeping, [ipfs/go-ipfs#3148](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/3148))
+- Improve sharness tests for CORS headers on the gateway. (@Kubuxu, [ipfs/go-ipfs#3142](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/3142))
+- Improve tests for pinning within `ipfs files`. (@kevina, [ipfs/go-ipfs#3151](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/3151))
+- Improve tests for the automatic raising of file descriptor limits. (@whyrusleeping, [ipfs/go-ipfs#3149](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/3149))
+
 ### 0.4.3-rc3 - 2016-08-09
 
 This release candidate fixes a panic that occurs when input from stdin was