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-# v1.16 Pending Release Notes
+# v1.17 Pending Release Notes
 
 ## Breaking Changes
 
-- Removed support for Ceph Quincy (v17) since it has reached end of life
-- Minimum K8s version updated to v1.27
 
 ## Features
-
-- Added supported for K8s version v1.32
-- Enable mirroring for CephBlockPoolRadosNamespaces (see [#14701](https://github.com/rook/rook/pull/14701)).
-- Enable periodic monitoring for CephBlockPoolRadosNamespaces mirroring (see [#14896](https://github.com/rook/rook/pull/14896)).
-- Allow migration of PVC based OSDs to enable or disable encryption (see [#14776](https://github.com/rook/rook/pull/14776)).
-- Support `rgw_enable_apis` option for CephObjectStore (see [#15064](https://github.com/rook/rook/pull/15064)).
-- ObjectBucketClaim management of s3 bucket policy via the `bucketPolicy` field (see [#15138](https://github.com/rook/rook/pull/15138)).