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+Changes in [8.2.0-rc.1](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/releases/tag/v8.2.0-rc.1) (2020-08-26)
+==========================================================================================================
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/compare/v8.1.0...v8.2.0-rc.1)
+
+ * Add state event check
+   [\#1449](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/pull/1449)
+ * Add method to check whether client .well-known has been fetched
+   [\#1444](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/pull/1444)
+ * Handle auth errors during cross-signing key upload
+   [\#1443](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/pull/1443)
+ * Don't fail if the requested audio output isn't available
+   [\#1448](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/pull/1448)
+ * Fix logging failures
+   [\#1447](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/pull/1447)
+ * Log the constraints we pass to getUserMedia
+   [\#1446](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/pull/1446)
+ * Use SAS emoji data from matrix-doc
+   [\#1440](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/pull/1440)
+
 Changes in [8.1.0](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/releases/tag/v8.1.0) (2020-08-17)
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 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/compare/v8.1.0-rc.1...v8.1.0)