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+NETCONF
+=======
+
+Overview
+========
+
+NETCONF is an XML-based protocol used for configuration and monitoring
+devices in the network. The base NETCONF protocol is described in
+`RFC-6241 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6241>`__.
+
+New and Modified Features
+=========================
+
+This release introduces the following behavior changes:
+
+* Support was added for YANG1.1 Actions
+
+.. list-table::
+ :widths: 15 55
+ :header-rows: 1
+
+ * - **JIRA ID**
+ - **Description**
+
+ * - `NETCONF-618 <https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/NETCONF-618>`_
+ - Add support for YANG1.1 Action in Restconf Layer.
+ * - `NETCONF-635 <https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/NETCONF-635>`_
+ - Add YANG 1.1 action support for clustered opendaylight
+ * - `NETCONF-647 <https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/NETCONF-647>`_
+ - Updating Action Rest Endpoints on Swagger UI
+
+* `Tunable SshClient by netconf-client users <https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/NETCONF-641>`_
+
+Resolved Issues
+===============
+
+.. list-table::
+ :widths: 15 55
+ :header-rows: 1
+
+ * - **Bug ID**
+ - **Description**
+
+ * - `NETCONF-538 <https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/NETCONF-538>`_
+ - Filtered <get-config> fails with ClassCastException
+ * - `NETCONF-610 <https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/NETCONF-610>`_
+ - Custom scheme-cache-directory yang models are not replicated among
+ cluster members
+ * - `NETCONF-639 <https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/NETCONF-639>`_
+ - Netconf can confuse action definitions when they have equal name
+ * - `NETCONF-500 <https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/NETCONF-500>`_
+ - Oxygen: How should odl-restconf-nb-rfc8040 be used?
+ * - `NETCONF-568 <https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/NETCONF-568>`_
+ - NetconfMessageTransformer action/rpc empty reply
+ * - `NETCONF-581 <https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/NETCONF-581>`_
+ - restconf to netconf translation doesn't honor the order of the keys
+ for lists with multiple keys
+ * - `NETCONF-637 <https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/NETCONF-637>`_
+ - Unable to initialize RESTCONF when deviation in yang model is used
+ * - `NETCONF-644 <https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/NETCONF-644>`_
+ - standard edit-config fails when module augmenting base netconf has
+ been retrieved from device
+ * - `NETCONF-652 <https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/NETCONF-652>`_
+ - NetconfMessageTransformer doesn't include namespace of action to XML
+ action request
+ * - `NETCONF-125 <https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/NETCONF-125>`_
+ - connection-timeout-milliseconds parameter is not working properly
+ for ssh connections
+ * - `NETCONF-653 <https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/NETCONF-653>`_
+ - callhome device with the duplicate ssh host key should be denied
+ * - `NETCONF-664 <https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/NETCONF-664>`_
+ - The ConcurrentModificationException was found in the websocket test
+ in restconf-nb-rfc8040.
+ * - `NETCONF-665 <https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/NETCONF-665>`_
+ - Differentiate authentication failures from other session setup failures
+
+Known Issues
+------------
+
+https://jira.opendaylight.org/projects/NETCONF/issues?filter=allopenissues
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