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 # Change log
 
+This release adds additional enhancements to operational stability, for publishers in particular, when running on a devices with unreliable network connectivity.
+
+## [1.6.1](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/tree/HEAD)
+
+Please see:
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/compare/v1.6.0...HEAD)
+
+**Implemented enhancements:**
+
+- Wait for Ably connection to leave the "suspended" state before performing operations on Ably [\#973](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/issues/973)
+- Make publisher.track\(\) and publisher.add\(\) return instantly [\#966](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/issues/966)
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- Handle presence.enter\(\) retries in a special way [\#972](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/issues/972)
+- Remove `connect()` and `attach()` timeouts from `DefaultAbly` [\#948](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/issues/948)
+- Non-fatal errors responses for `presence.enter()` cause Publisher to throw exceptions [\#907](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/issues/907)
+- Publisher can get into a bad state if offline for \> 2 minutes [\#906](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/issues/906)
+- Publisher apps reporting "Timeout was thrown when waiting for channel to attach" [\#859](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/issues/859)
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Flakey test: faultBeforeAddingTrackable\[DisconnectWithFailedResume\] [\#961](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/issues/961)
+- Presence operations are invalidly reattempted after a failed resume [\#951](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/issues/951)
+- Add `Publisher.start()` and `Publisher.stop()` coverage to `NetworkConnectivityTest` [\#939](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/issues/939)
+- Adding trackable just before fallback reconnection results in multiple exceptions [\#863](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/issues/863)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Increase ably-java core version to 1.2.24 [\#982](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/pull/982) ([ikbalkaya](https://github.com/ikbalkaya))
+- 973 check channel state [\#981](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/pull/981) ([davyskiba](https://github.com/davyskiba))
+- Configure the Subscribing Example Project for Firebase App Distribution [\#979](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/pull/979) ([QuintinWillison](https://github.com/QuintinWillison))
+- Fix minor issue in the adhoc example app publishing workflow [\#978](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/pull/978) ([QuintinWillison](https://github.com/QuintinWillison))
+- Make some fixes and improvements to recent `DefaultAbly` test changes [\#977](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/pull/977) ([lawrence-forooghian](https://github.com/lawrence-forooghian))
+- Add pointers to sites that can be used to verify Maven Central releases [\#976](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/pull/976) ([QuintinWillison](https://github.com/QuintinWillison))
+- Add workflow to allow us to adhoc-publish the example apps [\#969](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/pull/969) ([QuintinWillison](https://github.com/QuintinWillison))
+- Remove timeouts from attach and connect [\#965](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/pull/965) ([KacperKluka](https://github.com/KacperKluka))
+
 ## [1.6.0](https://github.com/ably/ably-asset-tracking-android/tree/v1.6.0)
 
 This release enhances operational stability, for publishers in particular, when running on a devices with unreliable network connectivity.