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 # Release Notes
 
+* 0.36.0 Upgraded base image to tango-itango:9.5.0, greatly improving numpy performance
+         Improved multi-threading performance for delay calculations for beam pointing and tracking
+         Added logging for observation initialisation sequence
+         Update tile-beam weights (HBAT_BF_delay_steps) at most once every 10s
 * 0.35.0 Rename Antenna_Quality -> Antenna_Status to line up with LOFAR1 nomenclature
          Force arrays reporting about antennas in AFH/AFL devices to always match the number of antennas
          Added NOT_AVAILABLE antenna status
          Changed Antenna_Status_R and Antenna_Use_R from int arrays to enum arrays
+         Added Antenna_Status_int_R reflecting the int value of the enum
          Removed Antenna_Quality_str_R and Antenna_Use_str_R
 * 0.34.3 Fix compute_weights for >1D arrays
 * 0.34.2 Generate CHANGE_EVENTs from AttributePoller
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-0.35.0
+0.36.0