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+flux-accounting version 0.19.0 - 2022-09-07
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+
+#### Features
+
+* Add new `plugin.query` callback to multi-factor priority plugin which returns
+internal information about users and banks, active and running job counts, and
+any held jobs at the time of the query (#264)
+
 flux-accounting version 0.18.1 - 2022-08-09
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