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@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Raised the minimum version of Pydantic from 1.10.1 to 2.1.1 in `requirements.txt`
 
+## Added
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+- Added a `py.typed` file to support type-checking
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 ## [0.228.0-rc.0] - 2023-08-31
 
 ### Authors
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