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 * RubyGems and Bundler warn if users require gem that is scheduled to become the bundled gems
   in the future version of Ruby. [[Feature #19351]] [[Feature #19776]] [[Feature #19843]]
 
+* Socket#recv and Socket#recv_nonblock returns `nil` instead of an empty string on closed
+  connections. Socket#recvmsg and Socket#recvmsg_nonblock returns `nil` instead of an empty packet on closed
+  connections. [[Bug #19012]]
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 * Random::Formatter#alphanumeric is extended to accept optional `chars`
   keyword argument. [[Feature #18183]]