From 955b098ef1ffb63ea75c2612c96462b1d1eb15d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Whalen <seanthegeek@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:44:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update CHANGELOG.md to reflect config reload enhancements

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc44fdb..d4e3f91 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,7 +8,14 @@
   destinations, DNS/GeoIP settings, processing flags, and log level
   without restarting the service or interrupting in-progress report
   processing. Use `systemctl reload parsedmarc` when running under
-  systemd.
+  systemd. On a successful reload, old output clients are closed and
+  recreated. On a failed reload, the previous configuration remains
+  fully active.
+- `close()` methods on GelfClient, KafkaClient, SyslogClient, and
+  WebhookClient for clean resource teardown on reload.
+- `should_reload` parameter on all `MailboxConnection.watch()`
+  implementations and `watch_inbox()` to ensure SIGHUP never triggers
+  a new email batch mid-reload.
 - Extracted `_parse_config_file()` and `_init_output_clients()` from
   `_main()` in `cli.py` to support config reload and reduce code
   duplication.