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+## 1.8.4 (Unreleased)
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+BUG FIXES:
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+* `tofu init` will no longer return a supurious "Backend configuration changed" error when re-initializing a working directory with identical settings, backend configuration contains references to variables or local values, and when the `-backend-config` command line option is used. That combination previously caused OpenTofu to incorrectly treat the backend configuration as invalid. ([#2055](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/pull/2055))
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 ## 1.8.3
 
 SECURITY: