# 2.1.7 Release Notes

Channels 2.1.7 is another bugfix release in the 2.1 series, and the last release (at least for a long while) with Andrew Godwin as the primary maintainer.

Thanks to everyone who has used, supported, and contributed to Channels over the years, and I hope we can keep it going with community support for a good while longer.

## Bugfixes & Small Changes

- HTTP request body size limit is now enforced (the one set by the `DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE` setting)

- `database_sync_to_async` now closes old connections before it runs code, which should prevent some connection errors in long-running pages or tests.

- The auth middleware closes old connections before it runs, to solve similar old-connection issues.

## Backwards Incompatible Changes

None.