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+## 2.24.1 / 2021-01-20
+
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Cache basic authentication results to significantly improve performance of HTTP endpoints (via an update of prometheus/exporter-toolkit).
+* [BUGFIX] Prevent user enumeration by timing requests sent to authenticated HTTP endpoints (via an update of prometheus/exporter-toolkit).
+
 ## 2.24.0 / 2021-01-06
 
 * [FEATURE] Add TLS and basic authentication to HTTP endpoints. #8316
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-2.24.0
+2.24.1