From 1278522b87c6a8fdd832e9eb2409dfd5f5e75648 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Durbin <philip_durbin@harvard.edu>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:03:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add release note about `query_entities` #6300 #6396

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+## Notes for Tool Developers and Integrators
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+### Search API
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+The boolean parameter `query_entities` has been removed from the Search API.
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+The former "true" behavior of "whether entities are queried via direct database calls (for developer use)" is now always true.