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   unchanged, on all R versions. To avoid using a P3M snapshot on R 3.6.x,
   set the `RSPM_PIN_3_6` environment variable to `false`.
 
+* `[setup-r]` now installs the x86_64 build of R on arm64 macOS, if there
+  is no arm64 build available for this R version (#883).
+
 # `v2.9.0` (2024-05-09)
 
 * The `test-coverage.yaml` example workflow now handles global Codecov