Version 1.18.1
Cherry-pick 5923966da3388666f5d7692f2876666cad8b9255 to stable
Cherry-pick 11d340c51d7d916c3c4068c341c6e5fe48a6bf40 to stable
Cherry-pick f3ad2b77cc2a76341c3aabcbf37e5d779b3d5d18 to stable
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+## 1.18.0 - 2016-08-02
+
+Patch release, resolves two issues:
+
+* Debugger: Fixes a bug that crashes the VM
+(SDK issue [26941](https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/26941))
+
+* VM: Fixes an optimizer bug involving closures, try, and await
+(SDK issue [26948](https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/26948))
+
+* Dart2js: Speeds up generated code on Firefox
+(https://codereview.chromium.org/2180533002)
+
## 1.18.0 - 2016-07-27
### Core library changes
diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
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@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@
CHANNEL stable
MAJOR 1
MINOR 18
-PATCH 0
+PATCH 1
PRERELEASE 0
PRERELEASE_PATCH 0
