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+<a id='changelog-6.5.1'></a>
+## 6.5.1 (2024-10-21)
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+- Allow and ignore extra attributes to `MetricsConfiguration` when metrics are disabled. This allows passing a partial metrics configuration even when they are disabled, which simplifies the structure of Phalanx configurations based on dumping the Helm values into a YAML configuraiton file.
+
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 ## 6.5.0 (2024-10-18)
 
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-### Bug fixes
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-- Allow and ignore extra attributes to `MetricsConfiguration` when metrics are disabled. This allows passing a partial metrics configuration even when they are disabled, which simplifies the structure of Phalanx configurations based on dumping the Helm values into a YAML configuraiton file.