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 * Clusters can be created without DNS or Gossip, by using the `--dns=none` flag.
 
+## OpenStack
+
+* When creating new clusters kOps now sets the cluster name flag for the [external OpenStack cloud controller (OCCM)](https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/15139) and the [Cinder CSI plugin](https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/pull/15095).
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 # Other changes of note
 
 * containerd config is now written to `/etc/containerd/config.toml`.