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-  Reservation pods inherit fractional pod tolerations
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/fixed-20260728-212512.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/fixed-20260728-212512.yaml
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-  Allow PodGroup minMember and minSubGroup of 0 for workloads with no gang requirement
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/fixed-20260806-221852.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/fixed-20260806-221852.yaml
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-kind: Fixed
-body: |-
-  Propagate Kubernetes client QPS and burst settings to operator-managed controllers
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/fixed-20260812-141030.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/fixed-20260812-141030.yaml
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-  Podgrouper skips WorkloadRunner wrapper so wrapped workloads keep their gang grouping
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 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/).
 
+## [v0.16.9] - 2026-08-16
+
+### Added
+- Reservation pods inherit fractional pod tolerations
+
+### Fixed
+- Allow PodGroup minMember and minSubGroup of 0 for workloads with no gang requirement
+- Propagate Kubernetes client QPS and burst settings to operator-managed controllers
+- Podgrouper skips WorkloadRunner wrapper so wrapped workloads keep their gang grouping
+
 ## [v0.16.8] - 2026-07-29
 
 ### Fixed