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+Disambiguate uses of `PublicRoomsChunk` in the `GET /hierarchy` endpoint.
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diff --git a/changelogs/server_server/newsfragments/1740.clarification b/changelogs/server_server/newsfragments/1740.clarification
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+Disambiguate uses of `PublicRoomsChunk` in the `GET /hierarchy` endpoint.
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