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 Here described only breaking and the most important changes. The full changelog and documentation for all released versions could be found in nicely formatted [commit history](https://github.com/frictionlessdata/tabulator-py/commits/master).
 
+#### v1.49
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+- Added `workbook_cache` argument for XLSX formats
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 #### v1.48
 
 - Published `stream.hashing_algorithm` property
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-1.48.0
+1.49.0