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+This update fixes several regressions that were deemed significant enough to be backported to the release branch. 
+
+## Bugs Fixed
+
+* Vtgate : Should receive healthcheck updates from all tablets in cells_to_watch #6857
+* Vtgate : Fix error around breaking of multistatements #6824
+* Vtgate : Fix bug in REPLICA/RDONLY routing #6904
+* Vttablet : checkNoDB should not require tables to be present #6788
+
+## Build Changes
+
+* Build : Download zookeeper 3.4.14 from archive site #6868