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+### Version 1.3.0.0 Release Notes
+
+Compatible with OpenSearch and OpenSearch Dashboards Version 1.3.0
+
+### Features
+* Add parse command to PPL ([#411](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/411))
+* PPL integration with AD and ml-commons ([#468](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/468))
+
+### Enhancements
+* Support ISO 8601 Format in Date Format. ([#460](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/460))
+* Add Certificate Validation option ([#449](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/449))
+* Span expression should always be first in by list if exist ([#437](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/437))
+* Support multiple indices in PPL and SQL ([#408](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/408))
+* Support combination of group field and span in stats command ([#417](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/417))
+* Support In clause in SQL and PPL ([#420](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/420))
+* Add cast function to PPL ([#433](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/433))
+* [Enhancement] optimize sort rewrite logic ([#434](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/434))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+* Fix certificate validation for ODBC driver ([#479](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/479))
+* Update dependency opensearch-ml-client group name ([#477](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/477))
+* Treating ExpressionEvaluationException as client Error. ([#459](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/459))
+* Version Bump: H2 1.x -> 2.x ([#444](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/444))
+* Version Bump: springframework and jackson ([#443](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/443))
+* Bug Fix, disable html escape when formatting response ([#412](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/412))
+* Jackson-databind bump to 2.12.6 ([#410](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/410))
+* Parse none type field as null instead of throw exception ([#406](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/406))
+
+### Documentation
+* Add parse docs to PPL commands index ([#486](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/486))
+* Add limitation section in PPL docs ([#456](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/456))
+* Add how to setup aws credentials for ODBC Tableau ([#394](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/394))
+
+### Maintenance
+* Add JDK 8 to CI Matrix  ([#483](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/483))
+* Add CI Matrix for JDK 11 and 14 ([#451](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/451))
+* Update backport and add auto-delete workflows ([#446](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/446))
+* Add auto backport functionality for SQL ([#445](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/445))
+* Version bump to 1.3 ([#419](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/419))
+* Revert to windows 2019 for odbc CI ([#413](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/413))
+
+### Infrastructure
+* Disable flaky test in JdbcTestIT. ([#475](https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql/pull/475))
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