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 * Shiny now uses `cache_mem` from the cachem package, instead of `memoryCache` and `diskCache`. (#3118)
 
+* Some long-deprecated functions and function parameters were removed. (#3137)
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 ### Bug fixes
 
 * Fixed #2859: `renderPlot()` wasn't correctly setting `showtext::showtext_opts()`'s `dpi` setting with the correct resolution on high resolution displays; which means, if the font was rendered by showtext, font sizes would look smaller than they should on such displays. (#2941)