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+What's new in Tornado 2.1.1
+===========================
+
+Oct 4, 2011
+-----------
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+* Fixed handling of closed connections with the ``epoll`` (i.e. Linux)
+ ``IOLoop``. Previously, closed connections could be shut down too early,
+ which most often manifested as "Stream is closed" exceptions in
+ ``SimpleAsyncHTTPClient``.
+* Fixed a case in which chunked responses could be closed prematurely,
+ leading to truncated output.
+* ``IOStream.connect`` now reports errors more consistently via logging
+ and the close callback (this affects e.g. connections to localhost
+ on FreeBSD).
+* ``IOStream.read_bytes`` again accepts both ``int`` and ``long`` arguments.
+* ``PeriodicCallback`` no longer runs repeatedly when ``IOLoop`` iterations
+ complete faster than the resolution of ``time.time()`` (mainly a problem
+ on Windows).
+
+Backwards-compatibility note
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* Listening for ``IOLoop.ERROR`` alone is no longer sufficient for detecting
+ closed connections on an otherwise unused socket. ``IOLoop.ERROR`` must
+ always be used in combination with ``READ`` or ``WRITE``.