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+---
+features:
+  - |
+
+    The following legacy notifications have been been transformed to
+    a new versioned payload:
+
+    * instance.delete
+    * instance.pause
+    * instance.power_on
+    * instance.shelve
+    * instance.suspend
+    * instance.restore
+    * instance.resize
+    * instance.update
+    * compute.exception
+
+    Every versioned notification has a sample file stored under
+    doc/notification_samples directory. Consult
+    http://docs.openstack.org/developer/nova/notifications.html for more information.