***animations:** ensure multi-level enter animations work ([#19455](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19455)) ([22bbd6e](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/22bbd6e))
***animations:** ensure multi-level leave animations work ([#19455](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19455)) ([c7b211c](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/c7b211c))
***common:** don't strip XSSI prefix for if error isn't JSON ([#19958](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19958)) ([ead7596](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/ead7596))
***common:** remove useless guard in HttpClient ([#19958](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19958)) ([e099911](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/e099911)), closes [#19223](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19223)
***common:** treat an empty body as null when parsing JSON in HttpClient ([#19958](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19958)) ([bdaee50](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/bdaee50)), closes [#18680](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/18680)[#19413](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19413) [#19502](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19502)[#19555](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19555)
***compiler-cli:** fix memory leak in program creation ([#20692](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/20692)) ([38be44d](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/38be44d)), closes [#20691](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/20691)