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+Release type: patch
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+Starting with this release, clients using the legacy graphql-ws subprotocol will receive an error when they try to send binary data frames.
+Before, binary data frames were silently ignored.
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+While vaguely defined in the protocol, the legacy graphql-ws subprotocol is generally understood to only support text data frames.