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+date: 2021-07-30
+title: "Hugo 0.86.1: A couple of Bug Fixes"
+description: "This version fixes a couple of bugs introduced in 0.86.0."
+categories: ["Releases"]
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+This is a bug-fix release with one important fix.
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+* config: Fix a potential deadlock in config reading [94b616bd](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/94b616bdfad177daa99f5e87535943f509198f6f) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#8791](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8791)
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