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 ### Bugfixes
 
-- Revert the background job to clear unreferenced state groups (that was introduced in v1.126.0rc1), due to a suspected issue that causes increased disk usage. ([\#18222](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/18222))
+- Revert the background job to clear unreferenced state groups (that was introduced in v1.126.0rc1), due to [a suspected issue](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/18217) that causes increased disk usage. ([\#18222](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/18222))