Here are the release notes for 697!
How would you describe a sea creature that is very savvy and cultured?
SoFISHticated! 
You’re welcome! Have a great rest of your day.
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peakest update of all time encodingservice will be so useful 
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why did the hairdresser win the race?
they knew a shortcut
anyway cool update
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Is there any word on the Animation Graph stuff?
I wonder if HttpService:JSONEncode and HttpService:JSONDecode will be moved to EncodingService. Would love to see TOML & YAML support.
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What about Base85?
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If you are interested in trying it out early, it’s behind QueryInstancesEnabled FFlag. The syntax is basically the same as in StyleRule.
Examples
game:QueryDescendants('') --> empty array
game:QueryDescendants('BasePart') --> array of BaseParts
game:QueryDescendants('BasePart[Name="Awesome"]') --> array of BaseParts with Name set to Awesome
game:QueryDescendants('BasePart[Name="Awesome"],Model') --> array of Models, and BaseParts with Name set to Awesome
game:QueryDescendants('BasePart[Locked=true]') --> array of BaseParts with Locked set to true
game:QueryDescendants('#Hello') --> array of Instances named Hello
game:QueryDescendants('.Meow') --> array of Instances with Meow tag
game:QueryDescendants('SpawnLocation#Sheriff.ChristmasLimitedTimeOnly[Enabled=true]') --> array of SpawnLocations named Sheriff with tag ChristmasLimitedTimeOnly and Enabled property set to true
game:QueryDescendants('SpawnLocation > Decal') --> array of Decals parented to/under SpawnLocation
game:QueryDescendants('BasePart[$Team="Civilian"]') --> array of BaseParts with Team attribute set to Civilian
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Yeah, it’s a branding thing from the top so the lower devs who actually fix the stuff kinda have to go with the terminology.
I so love the achievement being fixed, but I so dislike the terminology. I don’t think the top is budging on this unfortunately.
This sounds extremely promising!
Are there plans for another query API similar to FindFirstChild? Would be useful when we’re searching for just one object.
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Can we at least be able to label our connections into different things?
(4) HolidayPwner on X: “Redefine how you connect on Roblox with Connection Types! “Connections” shouldn’t just be a new label. Here’s what it could look like below. #Roblox #RobloxDev https://t.co/rV7Jn1Cc3p” / X
Similar to how @HolidayPwner managed to pull off? I can see potential in calling friends connections depending on who they are, but some people I identify as friends or best friends.
Plus, if we can filter our connections depending on which kind, it is also a good feature for developers looking for their colleagues to bring together via parties system.
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waiter where’s my reflectionservice
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Every time I step away from Roblox development for a while and come back, I always notice that there are so many new tools to play with that I would’ve loved to have in old projects that I’m no longer part of but can use in my current projects. Really happy I can retire old libraries, shared code and contrived methods of reaching certain goals.
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After 19 years, Roblox finally has a compression lib!
Datastore size limits = gone
(Also, what’s an ArrayView?)
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I will not speak like that
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eat the corposlop or be banished from the platform
but we should honestly all just voluntarily banish ourselves should the next bombshell update drop so that roblox has no userbase anymore
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