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@@@ -33,9 -33,9 +33,12 @@@ Core and Builtin
  Library
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 +- Issue #22410: Module level functions in the re module now cache compiled
 +  locale-dependent regular expressions taking into account the locale.
 +
+ - Issue #22759: Query methods on pathlib.Path() (exists(), is_dir(), etc.)
+   now return False when the underlying stat call raises NotADirectoryError.
+ 
  - Issue #8876: distutils now falls back to copying files when hard linking
    doesn't work.  This allows use with special filesystems such as VirtualBox
    shared folders.