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 Package: duckdb
 Title: DBI Package for the DuckDB Database Management System
-Version: 1.1.3.9039
+Version: 1.1.3.9040
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hannes", "Mühleisen", , "hannes@cwi.nl", role = "aut",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-8552-0029")),
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 <!-- NEWS.md is maintained by https://fledge.cynkra.com, contributors should not edit this file -->
 
+# duckdb 1.1.3.9040
+
+## Features
+
+- Limit automatic materialization by number of rows or number of cells (#1017).
+
+## Chore
+
+- Restore state before the CRAN release.
+
+- Combine patches.
+
+- Add patch for vendoring.
+
+## Documentation
+
+- Restore old NEWS.
+
+
 # duckdb 1.1.3.9039
 
 ## Chore