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+##### Issues are closed until I am ready to release a new development version -- no bug should be reported for anything else than versions listed in the [releases area](https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/releases).
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 ## µMatrix for Chromium<br>[<img src="https://travis-ci.org/gorhill/uMatrix.svg?branch=master" height="16">](https://travis-ci.org/gorhill/uMatrix)
 
 Forked and refactored from [HTTP Switchboard](https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard).