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+We are delighted to present version 1.2.0 of Contour, our layer 7 HTTP reverse proxy for Kubernetes clusters.
+
+All Contour users should upgrade to Contour 1.2.0 and Envoy 1.13.0.
+
+## New and improved 
+
+Contour 1.2.0 includes several new features as well as the usual smattering of fixes and minor improvements.
+
+### Hot-Reload Certificates
+
+Contour now has support for certificate rotation for XDS gRPC interface between Contour and Envoy.
+It is achieved by lazily loading certificates and key every time new TLS connection is established by Envoy.
+
+This change addresses only the certificate rotation in Contour (server) and similar support is needed for Envoy (client) to cover the whole use case.
+
+PR: https://github.com/projectcontour/contour/pull/2198
+
+Thanks @tsaarni
+
+### Envoy Shutdown Manager
+
+The Envoy process, the data path component of Contour, at times needs to be re-deployed.
+This could be due to an upgrade, a change in configuration, or a node-failure forcing a redeployment.
+
+Contour now offers a new sub-command to named `envoy shutdown-manager` which will assist in an Envoy rollout to minimize connection errors from clients.
+The shutdown manager first sends the healthcheck fail request to Envoy and then begins polling the http/https listeners for active connections from the /stats endpoint available on localhost:9001.
+When the connections reach zero or a configured parameter, the pod is allowed to be terminated.
+If the pods configurable termination grace period seconds is met before the open connections are fully drained, the pod will be terminated.
+
+This new component runs as another container in the Envoy pod.
+
+Design: https://github.com/projectcontour/contour/blob/master/design/envoy-shutdown.md
+PR: https://github.com/projectcontour/contour/pull/2227
+
+Thanks @stevesloka
+
+### Record EventHandler Operation Metrics
+
+Contour adds some new Prometheus metrics for the various API operations and kinds observed from the Kubernetes informers.
+This information is helpful to understand the amount of changes that Contour is processing from a Kubernetes cluster.
+This change also includes a sample Grafana dashboard.
+
+```yaml
+% curl -s 127.0.0.1:8000/metrics |  grep eventhandler
+# HELP contour_eventhandler_operation_total Total number of eventHandler operations received by operation and object kind
+# TYPE contour_eventhandler_operation_total gauge
+contour_eventhandler_operation_total{kind="contour.heptio.com/IngressRoutev1beta1",op="onAdd"} 2
+contour_eventhandler_operation_total{kind="contour.heptio.com/TLSCertificateDelegationv1beta1",op="onAdd"} 1
+contour_eventhandler_operation_total{kind="projectcontour.io/HTTPProxyv1",op="onAdd"} 1
+contour_eventhandler_operation_total{kind="unknown",op="onAdd"} 76
+```
+
+PR: https://github.com/projectcontour/contour/pull/2244
+PR: https://github.com/projectcontour/contour/pull/2261
+
+Thanks @davecheney, @youngnick
+
+### SafeRegex limit raised
+
+Raise the SafeRegex size limit from 1,000 to 1048576.
+There is no evidence that this number is sufficient for all possible regex patterns, thus the limit represents the "no limit" limit because it is currently not
+possible for envoy to reject a regex entry in a way that Contour can trace back to the original input.
+
+PR: https://github.com/projectcontour/contour/pull/2241
+
+Thanks @davecheney
+
+### Minor improvements
+
+- Contour is built with Go 1.13.8
+- Update Envoy to 1.13.0
+- Envoy go-control-plane updated to v0.9.2
+- Upgrade google/go-cmp to version 0.4.0
+- Upgrade client-go to v0.17.0
+- Contour now utilizes the Dynamic client for CRD resources
+
+## Bug fixes
+
+### Add HTTPProxy Service.Protocol Validation 
+
+Adds an enum validation to limit the values for the service.protocol field.
+
+_Note: Users will need to reapply the crd spec to get the validation_
+
+PR: https://github.com/projectcontour/contour/pull/2158
+
+Thanks @stevesloka
+
+### HTTPProxy requestHeadersPolicy Validation
+
+For an HTTPProxy, a requestHeaderPolicy can only be able to set host header at the HTTProxy.Routes.Service level.
+
+PR: https://github.com/projectcontour/contour/pull/2157
+
+Thanks @stevesloka
+
+### Ensure certgen handles already-existing secrets correctly
+
+The cert-gen example job now ensures that the the Job will succeed if the secrets already exist.
+
+PR: https://github.com/projectcontour/contour/pull/2178
+
+Thanks @youngnick
+
+### Other changes
+
+- Add Kubernetes Support Matrix
+- Update Envoy list of required extensions
+
+## Upgrading
+
+Please consult the [Upgrading](https://projectcontour.io/resources/upgrading/) document for further information on upgrading from Contour 1.1.0 to Contour 1.2.0.
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