Dear Working Group, RIPE Database release 1.99 has been deployed to the Release Candidate environment. We plan to deploy to production on Monday 21st December. This release includes the following main changes: * NWI-10: require -mnt suffix * Filter out sensitive information in API response on exception * Return 'invalid option supplied' on invalid version number given to --diff-version * Allow *any* CORS origin on RDAP GET requests by default (as recommended by RFC 7480). * New dummifier for RC environment * Enable TCP_NODELAY in NRTM and query connections In addition to other small improvements and bug fixes. The release notes are on the website: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/release-notes/ripe-database-rele... More information on the Release Candidate environment can be found on our website: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/release-notes/rc-release-candida... Please let us know if you find any issues with this release in the RC environment. Regards Ed Shryane RIPE NCC