# 2.0.2 Release Notes

Channels 2.0.2 is a patch release of Channels, fixing a bug in the database connection handling.

As always, when updating Channels make sure to also update its dependencies (`asgiref` and `daphne`) as these also get their own bugfix updates, and some bugs that may appear to be part of Channels are actually in those packages.

## New Features

- There is a new `channels.db.database_sync_to_async` wrapper that is like `sync_to_async` but also closes database connections for you. You can read more about usage in Database Access.

## Bugfixes

- SyncConsumer and all its descendant classes now close database connections when they exit.

## Backwards Incompatible Changes

None.