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 ## Bug fixes
 
+ * Fix bug that has existed since 1.16.0 (since the introduction of @gmod/bam)
+   that caused some BAM tags to be missed.
+
  * Added a fix for a performance regularization for large tracklists that
    contain a lot of data. Thanks to @scottcain for reporting (#pull #1412,
    @cmdcolin)