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 #### New Features
 
+* Loop client now supports optional routing plugins to improve off-chain payment
+  reliability. One such plugin that the client implemenets will gradually prefer
+  increasingly more expensive routes in case payments using cheap routes time out.
+
 #### Breaking Changes
 
 #### Bug Fixes