diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c9e0bbc8f5a0..949cf7f99c99 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -60,7 +60,34 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 * (x/staking) [#16324](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16324) `NewKeeper` now takes a `KVStoreService` instead of a `StoreKey`, and methods in the `Keeper` now take a `context.Context` instead of a `sdk.Context` and return an `error`. Notable changes:
     * `Validator` method now returns `types.ErrNoValidatorFound` instead of `nil` when not found.
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 * (x/auth) [#16621](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16621) Pass address codec to auth new keeper constructor.
+=======
+* (x/distribution) [#16440](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16440) use collections for `DelegatorWithdrawAddresState`:
+    * remove `Keeper`: `SetDelegatorWithdrawAddr`, `DeleteDelegatorWithdrawAddr`, `IterateDelegatorWithdrawAddrs`.
+* (x/distribution) [#16459](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16459) use collections for `ValidatorCurrentRewards` state management:
+    * remove `Keeper`: `IterateValidatorCurrentRewards`, `GetValidatorCurrentRewards`, `SetValidatorCurrentRewards`, `DeleteValidatorCurrentRewards`
+* (x/authz) [#16509](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16509) `AcceptResponse` has been moved to sdk/types/authz and the `Updated` field is now of the type `sdk.Msg` instead of `authz.Authorization`.
+* (x/distribution) [#16483](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16483) use collections for `DelegatorStartingInfo` state management:
+    * remove `Keeper`: `IterateDelegatorStartingInfo`, `GetDelegatorStartingInfo`, `SetDelegatorStartingInfo`, `DeleteDelegatorStartingInfo`, `HasDelegatorStartingInfo`
+* (x/distribution) [#16571](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16571) use collections for `ValidatorAccumulatedCommission` state management:
+    * remove `Keeper`: `IterateValidatorAccumulatedCommission`, `GetValidatorAccumulatedCommission`, `SetValidatorAccumulatedCommission`, `DeleteValidatorAccumulatedCommission`
+* (x/distribution) [#16590](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16590) use collections for `ValidatorOutstandingRewards` state management:
+    * remove `Keeper`: `IterateValidatorOutstandingRewards`, `GetValidatorOutstandingRewards`, `SetValidatorOutstandingRewards`, `DeleteValidatorOutstandingRewards`
+* (x/distribution) [#16607](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16607) use collections for `ValidatorHistoricalRewards` state management:
+    * remove `Keeper`: `IterateValidatorHistoricalRewards`, `GetValidatorHistoricalRewards`, `SetValidatorHistoricalRewards`, `DeleteValidatorHistoricalRewards`, `DeleteValidatorHistoricalReward`, `DeleteAllValidatorHistoricalRewards`
+* (x/auth) [#16621](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16621) Pass address codec to auth new keeper constructor
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* (x/auth/vesting) [#16733](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16733) panic on overflowing and negative EndTimes when creating a PeriodicVestingAccount
+* [#16547](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16547) Ensure a transaction's gas limit cannot exceed the block gas limit.
+* (x/auth/types) [#16554](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16554) `ModuleAccount.Validate` now reports a nil `.BaseAccount` instead of panicking.
+* (baseapp) [#16613](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16613) Ensure each message in a transaction has a registered handler, otherwise `CheckTx` will fail.
+* (x/consensus) [#16713](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16713) Add missing ABCI param in MsgUpdateParams.
+* [#16639](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16639) Make sure we don't execute blocks beyond the halt height.
+* (baseapp) [#16700](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16700) Fix: Consensus Failure in returning no response to malformed transactions
+>>>>>>> 078e7cb4a (fix(baseapp): ABCI Consensus Failure Fix (#16700))
 
 ## [v0.50.0-alpha.0](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.50.0-alpha.0) - 2023-06-07
 
diff --git a/baseapp/abci.go b/baseapp/abci.go
index 4edef67455fb..372cb861ffb8 100644
--- a/baseapp/abci.go
+++ b/baseapp/abci.go
@@ -723,9 +723,24 @@ func (app *BaseApp) FinalizeBlock(req *abci.RequestFinalizeBlock) (*abci.Respons
 	// vote extensions, so skip those.
 	txResults := make([]*abci.ExecTxResult, 0, len(req.Txs))
 	for _, rawTx := range req.Txs {
+		var response *abci.ExecTxResult
+
 		if _, err := app.txDecoder(rawTx); err == nil {
-			txResults = append(txResults, app.deliverTx(rawTx))
+			response = app.deliverTx(rawTx)
+		} else {
+			// In the case where a transaction included in a block proposal is malformed,
+			// we still want to return a default response to comet. This is because comet
+			// expects a response for each transaction included in a block proposal.
+			response = sdkerrors.ResponseExecTxResultWithEvents(
+				sdkerrors.ErrTxDecode,
+				0,
+				0,
+				nil,
+				false,
+			)
 		}
+
+		txResults = append(txResults, response)
 	}
 
 	if app.finalizeBlockState.ms.TracingEnabled() {
diff --git a/baseapp/abci_test.go b/baseapp/abci_test.go
index d337ff95775c..d180b786491f 100644
--- a/baseapp/abci_test.go
+++ b/baseapp/abci_test.go
@@ -566,6 +566,19 @@ func TestABCI_InvalidTransaction(t *testing.T) {
 		Height: 1,
 	})
 
+	// malformed transaction bytes
+	{
+		bz := []byte("example vote extension")
+		result, err := suite.baseApp.FinalizeBlock(&abci.RequestFinalizeBlock{
+			Height: 1,
+			Txs:    [][]byte{bz},
+		})
+
+		require.EqualValues(t, sdkerrors.ErrTxDecode.Codespace(), result.TxResults[0].Codespace, err)
+		require.EqualValues(t, sdkerrors.ErrTxDecode.ABCICode(), result.TxResults[0].Code, err)
+		require.EqualValues(t, 0, result.TxResults[0].GasUsed, err)
+		require.EqualValues(t, 0, result.TxResults[0].GasWanted, err)
+	}
 	// transaction with no messages
 	{
 		emptyTx := suite.txConfig.NewTxBuilder().GetTx()
@@ -1230,6 +1243,69 @@ func TestABCI_Proposal_Read_State_PrepareProposal(t *testing.T) {
 	// })
 }
 
+func TestABCI_Proposals_WithVE(t *testing.T) {
+	someVoteExtension := []byte("some-vote-extension")
+
+	setInitChainerOpt := func(bapp *baseapp.BaseApp) {
+		bapp.SetInitChainer(func(ctx sdk.Context, req *abci.RequestInitChain) (*abci.ResponseInitChain, error) {
+			return &abci.ResponseInitChain{}, nil
+		})
+	}
+
+	prepareOpt := func(bapp *baseapp.BaseApp) {
+		bapp.SetPrepareProposal(func(ctx sdk.Context, req *abci.RequestPrepareProposal) (*abci.ResponsePrepareProposal, error) {
+			// Inject the vote extension to the beginning of the proposal
+			txs := make([][]byte, len(req.Txs)+1)
+			txs[0] = someVoteExtension
+			copy(txs[1:], req.Txs)
+
+			return &abci.ResponsePrepareProposal{Txs: txs}, nil
+		})
+
+		bapp.SetProcessProposal(func(ctx sdk.Context, req *abci.RequestProcessProposal) (*abci.ResponseProcessProposal, error) {
+			// Check that the vote extension is still there
+			require.Equal(t, someVoteExtension, req.Txs[0])
+			return &abci.ResponseProcessProposal{Status: abci.ResponseProcessProposal_ACCEPT}, nil
+		})
+	}
+
+	suite := NewBaseAppSuite(t, setInitChainerOpt, prepareOpt)
+
+	suite.baseApp.InitChain(&abci.RequestInitChain{
+		InitialHeight:   1,
+		ConsensusParams: &cmtproto.ConsensusParams{},
+	})
+
+	reqPrepareProposal := abci.RequestPrepareProposal{
+		MaxTxBytes: 100000,
+		Height:     1, // this value can't be 0
+	}
+	resPrepareProposal, err := suite.baseApp.PrepareProposal(&reqPrepareProposal)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, 1, len(resPrepareProposal.Txs))
+
+	reqProcessProposal := abci.RequestProcessProposal{
+		Txs:    resPrepareProposal.Txs,
+		Height: reqPrepareProposal.Height,
+	}
+	resProcessProposal, err := suite.baseApp.ProcessProposal(&reqProcessProposal)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, abci.ResponseProcessProposal_ACCEPT, resProcessProposal.Status)
+
+	// Run finalize block and ensure that the vote extension is still there and that
+	// the proposal is accepted
+	result, err := suite.baseApp.FinalizeBlock(&abci.RequestFinalizeBlock{
+		Txs:    resPrepareProposal.Txs,
+		Height: reqPrepareProposal.Height,
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, 1, len(result.TxResults))
+	require.EqualValues(t, sdkerrors.ErrTxDecode.Codespace(), result.TxResults[0].Codespace, err)
+	require.EqualValues(t, sdkerrors.ErrTxDecode.ABCICode(), result.TxResults[0].Code, err)
+	require.EqualValues(t, 0, result.TxResults[0].GasUsed, err)
+	require.EqualValues(t, 0, result.TxResults[0].GasWanted, err)
+}
+
 func TestABCI_PrepareProposal_ReachedMaxBytes(t *testing.T) {
 	anteKey := []byte("ante-key")
 	pool := mempool.NewSenderNonceMempool()