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+## [Version]
+
+<!---
+* EACH ENTRY SHOULD BE A SUMMARY OF THE CHANGE; BIG CHANGES GENERALLY REQUIRE MORE EXPLANATION.
+* EACH ENTRY SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY EITHER A PUBLIC ISSUE OR A PR (PREFER ISSUES OVER PRS).
+* REREAD ALL ENTRIES FROM THE USERS PERSPECTIVE. WILL IT MAKE SENSE?
+* IF A SECTION CONTAINS NO ENTRIES, REMOVE THE SECTION.
+* IF ALL SECTIONS ARE EMPTY, YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING A RELEASE!
+-->
+
+### Must read before upgrade
+<!--
+Discuss things a user _really_ needs to know before they upgrade. Its the kind of thing that if unread could
+be disasterous.
+-->
+
+### Deprecation
+<!--
+Highlight features, APIs or behavior that we no longer want the user to use/rely on.
+-->
+
+### API Change
+<!--
+Highlight Custom Resource Definition and CLI changes (additions go under Features).
+-->
+
+### Feature
+<!--
+Highlight new additions to Custom Resource Definitions, CLI or any tool we provide for customers.
+-->
+
+### Tool Upgrade
+<!--
+Highlight all upgrades to tooling. Most of this information comes from the build tooling repo. Format as follows.
+
+* Tool Name: <from version> to  <to version>
+
+If we support multiple versions format as follows:
+
+* Tool Name:
+  * <from version> to <to version>
+  * <from version> to <to version>
+  * ...
+-->
+
+### Bug
+<!--
+Highlight bug fixes for all applications.
+-->
+
+### Other
+<!--
+Highlight any other changes such as tweaks to behavior.
+-->
+
+### Supported Operating Systems
+<!--
+List all supported OSs for each provider.
+-->
+
+|                     | vSphere | Bare Metal | Nutanix | CloudStack | Snow  |
+| :----------:        | :-----: | :--------: | :-----: | :--------: | :---: |
+| Ubuntu 20.04        | ✔       | ✔          | ✔       | —          | ✔     |
+| Ubuntu 22.04        | ✔       | ✔          | ✔       | —          | —     |
+| Bottlerocket 1.15.1 | ✔       | ✔          | —       | —          | —     |
+| RHEL 8.7            | ✔       | ✔          | ✔       | ✔          | —     |
+| RHEL 9.x            | —       | —          | ✔       | —          | —     |
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