From f6664d572ec952eddb08279bc3a189fbd8c6b059 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: yyforyongyu <yy2452@columbia.edu>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 20:59:28 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] docs: update release notes for payment status

---
 docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.0.md | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.0.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.0.md
index a3e319262..e6250204a 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.0.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.0.md
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
 # Improvements
 ## Functional Updates
 ## RPC Updates
+
+* [Deprecated](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/7175)
+  `StatusUnknown` from the payment's rpc response in its status and replaced it
+  with `StatusInitiated` to explicitly report its current state.
+
 ## lncli Updates
 ## Code Health
 ## Breaking Changes
@@ -39,4 +44,6 @@
 ## Code Health
 ## Tooling and Documentation
 
-# Contributors (Alphabetical Order)
\ No newline at end of file
+# Contributors (Alphabetical Order)
+
+* Yong Yu