1 files changed, 146 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/aboutvpp/releasenotes/v17.04.rst b/docs/aboutvpp/releasenotes/v17.04.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd21462d9d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/aboutvpp/releasenotes/v17.04.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+Release notes for VPP 17.04
+===========================
+
+More than 500 commits since the 1701 release.
+
+Features
+--------
+
+-  Infrastructure
+
+   -  make test improvements
+   -  vnet: add device-input threadplacement infra
+   -  64 bit per-thread counters
+   -  process restart cli
+   -  High performance timer wheels
+   -  Plugin infrastructure improvements
+
+      -  Support for .default_disabled, .version_required
+
+   -  Added MAINTAINERS file
+
+-  Host stack
+
+   -  TCP stack (experimental)
+   -  DHCPv4 / DHCPv6 relay multi-destination
+   -  DHCPv4 option 82
+   -  ND proxy
+   -  Attached hosts
+   -  Consolidated DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 implementation
+
+-  Interfaces
+
+   -  DPDK 17.02 (retire support for DPDK 16.07)
+   -  Add memif - packet memory interface for intra-host communication
+   -  vhost: support interrupt mode
+   -  DPDK as plugin (retired vpp_lite)
+   -  DPDPK input optimizations
+   -  Loopback interface allocation scheme
+
+-  Network features
+
+   -  IP Multicast FIB
+
+   -  Bridging
+
+      -  Learning on local interfaces
+      -  Flushing of MACs from the L2 FIB
+
+   -  SNAT
+
+      -  CGN (Deterministic and dynamic)
+      -  CGN configurable port allocation algorithm
+      -  ICMP support
+      -  Tentant VRF id for SNAT outside addresses
+      -  Session dump / User dump
+      -  Port allocation per protocol
+
+   -  Security groups
+
+      -  Routed interface support
+      -  L2+L3 unified processing node
+      -  Improve fragment handling
+
+   -  Segement routing v6
+
+      -  SR policies with weighted SID lists
+      -  Binding SID
+      -  SR steering policies
+      -  SR Local SIDs
+      -  Framework to expand local SIDs w/plugins
+      -  Documentation
+
+   -  IOAM
+
+      -  UDP Pinger w/path fault isolation
+      -  IOAM as type 2 metadata in NSH
+      -  IAOM raw IPFIX collector and analyzer
+      -  Anycast active server selection
+      -  Documentation
+      -  SRv6 Local SID
+      -  IP6 HBH header and SR header co-existence
+      -  Active probe
+
+   -  LISP
+
+      -  Statistics collection
+      -  Generalize encap for overlay transport (vxlan-gpe support)
+      -  Improve data plane speed
+
+   -  GPE
+
+      -  CLI
+      -  NSH added to encap/decap path
+      -  Renamed LISP GPE API to GPE
+
+   -  MPLS
+
+      -  Performance improvements (quad loop)
+
+   -  BFD
+
+      -  Command line interface
+      -  Echo function
+      -  Remote demand mode
+      -  SHA1 authentication
+
+   -  IPsec
+
+      -  IKEv2 initiator features
+
+   -  VXLAN
+
+      -  unify IP4/IP6 control plane handling
+
+API changes
+-----------
+
+-  Python API: To avoid conflicts between VPP API messages names and the
+   Python API binding function names, VPP API methods are put in a
+   separate proxy object. https://gerrit.fd.io/r/#/c/5570/ The api
+   methods are now referenced as: vpp_handle = VPP(jsonfiles)
+   vpp_handle.connect(…) vpp = vpp_handle.api vpp.show_version()
+   vpp_handle.disconnect()
+
+   For backwards compatibility VPP API methods are left in the main name
+   space (VPP), but will be removed from 17.07.
+
+   -  Python API: Change from cPython to CFFI.
+
+-  create_loopback message to be replaced with create_loopback_instance
+   create_loopback will be removed from 17.07.
+   https://gerrit.fd.io/r/#/c/5572/
+
+Known issues
+------------
+
+For the full list of issues please refer to fd.io
+`JIRA <https://jira.fd.io>`__.
+
+Issues fixed
+------------
+
+For the full list of fixed issues please refer to:
+
+- fd.io `JIRA <https://jira.fd.io>`__
+- git `commit log <https://git.fd.io/vpp/log/?h=stable/1704>`__