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@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Interactive improvements
 Other improvements
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 - ``cd`` supports the ``-L`` and ``-P`` options, like other shells, to allow specifying whether symbolic links (symlinks) are resolved when changing directories (:issue:`7206`).
+- ``cd`` with a relative path will now retry using the real current directory, if ``$PWD`` has been moved or deleted (:issue:`12700`).
 - fish no longer creates universal variables by default; specifically the ``__fish_initialized`` variable is no longer created.
   If you don't expect to need to downgrade to earlier versions, you can remove it with ``set --erase __fish_initialized``.