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 Package: mx.api
 Type: Package
 Title: Minimal Matrix Client-Server API
-Version: 0.3.0.2
-Date: 2026-09-04
+Version: 0.3.1
+Date: 2026-09-10
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Troy", "Hernandez", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            email = "troy@cornball.ai",
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+# mx.api 0.3.1
+
+* Patch release collecting the room-creation and cross-signing transport
+  additions from 0.3.0.1 and 0.3.0.2 below. No code changes since 0.3.0.2.
+
 # mx.api 0.3.0.2
 
 * New: `mx_keys_device_signing_upload()` publishes Matrix master,