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## v3.7.0-alpha.0(TBD)

### Features
- [Allow users to pass in a snapshot with only the ConfState initialized during bootstrap](https://github.com/etcd-io/raft/pull/370)
- [Improve the ReadIndex flow to prevent stale read index caused by RequestIndex retries](https://github.com/etcd-io/raft/pull/397)

### Minor changes
- [Align formatting of node ID in MajorityConfig](https://github.com/etcd-io/raft/pull/414)