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@@ -59,6 +59,33 @@ Note that each entry is kept to a minimum, see links for details.
 * Find pattern is no longer experimental.
   [[Feature #18585]]
 
+* Methods taking a rest parameter (like `*args`) and wishing to delegate keyword
+  arguments through `foo(*args)` must now be marked with `ruby2_keywords`
+  (if not already the case). In other words, all methods wishing to delegate
+  keyword arguments through `*args` must now be marked with `ruby2_keywords`,
+  with no exception. This will make it easier to transition to other ways of
+  delegation once a library can require Ruby 3+. Previously, the `ruby2_keywords`
+  flag was kept if the receiving method took `*args`, but this was a bug and an
+  inconsistency. [[Bug #18625]] [[Bug #16466]]
+
+    ```ruby
+    def target(**kw)
+    end
+
+    # Accidentally worked without ruby2_keywords in Ruby 2.7-3.1, ruby2_keywords
+    # needed in 3.2+. Just like (*args, **kwargs) or (...) would be needed on
+    # both #foo and #bar when migrating away from ruby2_keywords.
+    ruby2_keywords def bar(*args)
+      target(*args)
+    end
+
+    ruby2_keywords def foo(*args)
+      bar(*args)
+    end
+
+    foo(k: 1)
+    ```
+
 ## Command line options
 
 ## Core classes updates
@@ -203,6 +230,7 @@ The following deprecated APIs are removed.
 [Feature #15357]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15357
 [Bug #15928]:     https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15928
 [Feature #16131]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16131
+[Bug #16466]:     https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16466
 [Feature #16806]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16806
 [Bug #16889]:     https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16889
 [Bug #16908]:     https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16908
@@ -217,4 +245,5 @@ The following deprecated APIs are removed.
 [Feature #18571]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18571
 [Feature #18585]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18585
 [Feature #18598]: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18598
+[Bug #18625]:     https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18625
 [Bug #18633]:     https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18633