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+# Improvements
+
+- Docker images are now compiling via the go 1.13 toolchain.
+
+- Agent Registration can now occur through chained load balancers,
+  with standards-compliant comma-separated X-Forwarded-For
+  headers.  Why you would want to do this is beyond me, but ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯
+
+- The `metashield` plugin now trusts system X.509 Root CAs if no
+  specific CA is supplied.
+
+- Bootstrap restoration is simpler now, and the UI for init /
+  restore is more streamlined.  See #680.