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+Clarify that size limits are supposed to be in bytes. Contributed by Nico. Fixes [#1001](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec/issues/1001).
diff --git a/changelogs/client_server/newsfragments/1234.clarification b/changelogs/client_server/newsfragments/1234.clarification
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+Clarify that size limits are supposed to be in bytes. Contributed by Nico. Fixes [#1001](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec/issues/1001).
diff --git a/changelogs/identity_service/newsfragments/1234.clarification b/changelogs/identity_service/newsfragments/1234.clarification
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+Clarify that size limits are supposed to be in bytes. Contributed by Nico. Fixes [#1001](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec/issues/1001).
diff --git a/changelogs/server_server/newsfragments/1234.clarification b/changelogs/server_server/newsfragments/1234.clarification
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+Clarify that size limits are supposed to be in bytes. Contributed by Nico. Fixes [#1001](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec/issues/1001).