This release contains a number of bug fixes and minor usability improvements, including:

1. The chain is now fully rescanned when keys are imported that are older than the wallet. (#1978)
2. The number of commitments in the note commitment tree is now displayed by `getblockchaininfo`. (#1946)
3. `zcash.conf` now must exist in order to start zcashd. (#2013)
4. Fixed a bug where `z_sendmany` logged incorrect txid fragments when sending from transparent addresses. (#1980)
5. We integrated upstream's cookie-based RPC authentication. (#1999)
6. We added a restriction to wallet export paths to protect user security. (#2006)
7. `z_getoperationstatus` is now sorted chronologically. (#2015)
8. Messages containing newlines are now rendered properly by the metrics UI. (#1972)
9. We added more tools for benchmarking JoinSplit creation. (#1953)
10. We now show serialized transaction size in `listtransactions`, more operation details in `z_getoperationstatus`, and the age of the note being spent in `z_sendmany` logging. (#2001, #1976, #1977)
11. We now instruct users to run `fetch-params` if the parameters could not be found locally. (#1979)
12. We handle exceptions better in some situations for more user-friendly error messages. (#1976)

For a more complete list of changes, see our [1.0.5 milestone](https://github.com/zcash/zcash/milestone/49?closed=1).