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+This update fixes several regressions that were deemed significant enough to be backported to the release branch. 
+
+## Bugs Fixed
+
+* vtgate : Operator precedence must take associativity into consideration #6764
+* vtgate: Fix reserved connection in autocommit mode on DML #6748
+* vDiff: fix panic for tables with a unicode_loose_md5 vindex #6745
+* vttablet: Turn off schema tracker by default #6746
+* restore: Do not change tablet type to RESTORE if not actually performing a restore #6687
+* vttablet : Tablet manager init should publish displayState #6686
+* vttablet: Tablet manager add more logging to checkMastership #6685
+* vttablet : Fix replmanager deadlock #6634