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+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The ``force_config_drive`` configuration option provided an ``always``
+    value which was deprecated in the previous release. That ``always`` value
+    is now no longer accepted and deployments using that value have to change
+    it to ``True`` before upgrading.