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 # Smithy Changelog
 
+## 1.52.0 (2024-10-15)
+
+### Features
+
+* Added validator for identifiers missing references ([#2418](https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy/pull/2418))
+* Added checksum algorithm to model enum  ([#2419](https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy/pull/2419))
+* Updated the `httpChecksum` trait spec ([#2413](https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy/pull/2413))
+* Added `breakingChanges` to the `httpChecksum` trait ([#2398](https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy/pull/2398))
+* Use the most common suffix for IDL inline IO ([#2397](https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy/pull/2397))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Fixed trait codegen to properly support lists of enums ([#2420](https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy/pull/2420))
+* Update RPC v2 CBOR spec to require an Accept header for requests ([#2417](https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy/pull/2417))
+* Changed prefix header tests to allow for empty headers ([#2415](https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy/pull/2415))
+* Fixed OpenAPI plugin to properly support effective documentation precedence ([#2402](https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy/pull/2402))
+* Fixed a bug in the `SigV4` diff logic that assumed that the a service exists in the old operation ([#2405](https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy/pull/2405))
+* Added `NodeValidationVisitor` checks for invalid nulls ([#2393](https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy/pull/2393))
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Updated the `httpChecksum` trait spec to clarify the expected behavior and added the supported algorithms ([#2413](https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy/pull/2413))
+* Fixed the `httpChecksum` algorithm list in spec ([#2394](https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy/pull/2394))
+* Fixed a broken link to smithy-rs design document in Code Gen documentation. ([#2416](https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy/pull/2416))
+* Fixed resource type typo in AST docs ([#2410](https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy/pull/2410))
+* Fixed small typos in full stack tutorial ([#2389](https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy/pull/2389))
+
 ## 1.51.0 (2024-09-03)
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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-1.51.0
+1.52.0