We had several pending security updates waiting to be applied. In addition, the Blender ID login had broken and the Blender Foundation released an update, which required a rebuild. Please report any issues with Blender ID login on this topic.
It includes the following updates:
The most important user facing changes are:
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For users with less powerful devices, or low bandwidth, the initial page load may take a few seconds. Discourse now displays a splash screen, rather than a blank white page, so users know something is happening.