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@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ Features
   "-vv").
 
 
-pytest 3.9.0 (2018-10-15)
-=========================
+pytest 3.9.0 (2018-10-15 - not published due to a release automation bug)
+=========================================================================
 
 Deprecations
 ------------