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 ## UNRELEASED
 
+IMPROVEMENTS:
+* raft: Allow trailing logs to be configured as an escape hatch for extreme load that prevents followers catching up with leader [[GH-6186](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/pull/6186)]
+
 BUG FIXES:
 
 * autopilot: update to also remove failed nodes from WAN gossip pool [[GH-6028](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/pull/6028)]