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+## Release notes for kOps 1.26 series
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+**⚠ kOps 1.26 has not been released yet! ⚠**
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+This is a document to gather the release notes prior to the release.
+
+# Significant changes
+
+
+# Breaking changes
+
+## Cinder CSI snapthot controller changes
+
+## Other breaking changes
+
+
+# Deprecations
+
+* Support for Kubernetes version 1.21 is deprecated and will be removed in kOps 1.27.
+
+* Support for Kubernetes version 1.22 is deprecated and will be removed in kOps 1.26.
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+# Full change list since 1.24.0 release
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