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@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ FEATURES
 IMPROVEMENTS
 
 * agent: some check types now support configuring a number of consecutive failure and success before the check status is updated in the catalog. [[GH-5739](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/pull/5739)]
+* xds: mesh gateway CDS requests are now allowed to receive an empty CDS reply [[GH-6787](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/6787)]
 
 BUG FIXES