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 ## 5.0.1
 Released 2018-mm-dd
 
+New features:
+ - Now mapnik has support for fine-grained metrics.
+ - Variables can be passed for later substitution in postgis datasource.
+
+Announcements:
+ - Upgrade windshaft to [4.3.1](https://github.com/CartoDB/windshaft/releases/tag/4.3.1). Underneath it upgrades mapnik and all the related dependencies.
+
 
 ## 5.0.0
 Released 2018-01-29