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   [http-header-timeout](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/7715), is added so users can specify the amount of time the http server will wait for a request to complete before closing the connection. The default value is 5 seconds.
 
 ## RPC Additions
+
+* [Deprecated](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/7175)
+  `StatusUnknown` from the payment's rpc response in its status and added a new
+  status, `StatusInitiated`, to explicitly report its current state. Before
+  running this new version, please make sure to upgrade your client application
+  to include this new status so it can understand the RPC response properly.
+
 ## lncli Additions
 
 # Improvements