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Bugs fixed
- Fix for recursive symlink - (port Notebook 4670) [497](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/497) ([kevin-bates](https://github.com/kevin-bates))
Enhancements made
- Make nbconvert root handler asynchronous [512](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/512) ([hMED22](https://github.com/hMED22))
- Refactor gateway kernel management to achieve a degree of consistency [483](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/483) ([kevin-bates](https://github.com/kevin-bates))
Maintenance and upkeep improvements
- Remove Packaging Dependency [515](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/515) ([jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Use kernel_id for new kernel if it doesn't exist in MappingKernelManager.start_kernel [511](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/511) ([the-higgs](https://github.com/the-higgs))
- Include backtrace in debug output when extension fails to load [506](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/506) ([candlerb](https://github.com/candlerb))
- ExtensionPoint: return True on successful validate() [503](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/503) ([minrk](https://github.com/minrk))
- ExtensionManager: load default config manager by default [502](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/502) ([minrk](https://github.com/minrk))
- Prep for Release Helper Usage [494](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/494) ([jtpio](https://github.com/jtpio))
- Typo in shutdown with answer_yes [491](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/491) ([kiendang](https://github.com/kiendang))
- Remove some of ipython_genutils no-op. [440](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/440) ([Carreau](https://github.com/Carreau))
- Drop dependency on pywin32 [514](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/514) ([kevin-bates](https://github.com/kevin-bates))
- Upgrade anyio to v3 [492](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/492) ([mwakaba2](https://github.com/mwakaba2))
- Add Appropriate Token Permission for CodeQL Workflow [489](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/489) ([afshin](https://github.com/afshin))
Documentation improvements
- DOC: Autoreformat docstrings. [493](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/493) ([Carreau](https://github.com/Carreau))
Contributors to this release
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