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+Delayed the deprecation of the following features to ``9.0.0``:
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+* :ref:`node-ctor-fspath-deprecation`.
+* :ref:`legacy-path-hooks-deprecated`.
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+It was discovered after ``8.1.0`` was released that the warnings about the impeding removal were not being displayed, so the team decided to revert the removal.
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+This was the reason for ``8.1.0`` being yanked.