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articles/azure-arc/resource-bridge/release-notes.md

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 title: "What's new with Azure Arc resource bridge"
-ms.date: 08/19/2024
+ms.date: 08/26/2024
 ms.topic: conceptual
 description: "Learn about the latest releases of Azure Arc resource bridge."
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@@ -9,40 +9,69 @@ description: "Learn about the latest releases of Azure Arc resource bridge."
 
 Azure Arc resource bridge is updated on an ongoing basis. To stay up to date with the most recent developments, this article provides you with information about recent releases.
 
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 We generally recommend using the most recent versions of the agents. The [version support policy](overview.md#supported-versions) generally covers the most recent version and the three previous versions (n-3).
 
 ## Version 1.2.0 (July 2024)
 
-Appliance: 1.2.0
-CLI extension: 1.2.0
-SFS release: 0.1.32.10710
-Kubernetes: 1.28.5
-Mariner: 2.0.20240609
+- Appliance: 1.2.0
+- CLI extension: 1.2.0
+- SFS release: 0.1.32.10710
+- Kubernetes: 1.28.5
+- Mariner: 2.0.20240609
 
 ### Arc-enabled SCVMM
 
-- CreateConfig: Improve prompt messages and re-order networking prompts for the custom IP range scenario.
-- CreateConfig: Validate Gateway IP input against specified IP range for the custom IP range scenario.
-- CreateConfig: Add validation to check infra configuration capability for HA VM deployment. If HA not supported, re-prompt users to proceed with standalone VM deployment.
+- `CreateConfig`: Improve prompt messages and reorder networking prompts for the custom IP range scenario
+- `CreateConfig`: Validate Gateway IP input against specified IP range for the custom IP range scenario
+- `CreateConfig`: Add validation to check infra configuration capability for HA VM deployment. If HA isn't supported, reprompt users to proceed with standalone VM deployment
 
-### Arc-enabled VMware
+### Arc-enabled VMware vSphere
 
-- Improve prompt messages in createconfig for VMware.
-- Validate proxy scheme and check for required noproxy entries.
+- Improve prompt messages in createconfig for VMware
+- Validate proxy scheme and check for required `no_proxy` entries
 
 ### Features
 
-- Reject double commas in no_proxy string ",,"
-- Add default folder to createconfig list.
-- Add conditional Fairfax URLs for US Gov Virginia support.
-- New error codes added.
+- Reject double commas (`,,`) in `no_proxy` string
+- Add default folder to createconfig list
+- Add conditional Fairfax URLs for US Gov Virginia support
+- Add new error codes
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
 - Fix for openSSH [CVE-2024-63870](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2x8c-95vh-gfv4)
 
+## Version 1.1.1 (April 2024)
+
+- Appliance: 1.1.1
+- CLI extension: 1.1.1
+- SFS release: 0.1.26.10327
+- Kubernetes: 1.27.3
+- Mariner: 2.0.20240301
+
+### Arc-enabled SCVMM
+
+- Add quotes for resource names
+
+### Azure Stack HCI
+
+- HCI auto rotation logic on upgrade
 
+### Features
+
+- Updated log collection with describe nodes
+- Error message enhancement for failure to reach Arc resource bridge VM
+- Improve troubleshoot command error handling with scoped access key
+- Longer timeout for individual pod pulls
+- Updated `execute` command to allow passing in a kubeconfig
+- Catch `<>` in no_proxy string
+- Add validation to see if connections from the client machine are proxied
+- Diagnostic checker enhancement - Add default gateway and dns servers check to telemetry mode
+- Log collection enhancement
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+- HCI MOC image client fix to set storage container on catalog
 
 ## Version 1.1.0 (April 2024)
 
@@ -52,31 +81,32 @@ Mariner: 2.0.20240609
 - Kubernetes: 1.27.3
 - Mariner: 2.0.20240223
 
-## SCVMM private cloud
+## Arc-enabled SCVMM
 
-- Use same vmnetwork key for HG and Cloud (vmnetworkid)
-- SCVMM - Add fallback for VMM IP Pool with support for IP Range in Appliance Network, add --vlanid parameter to accept vlanid
-- Non-interactive mode for SCVMM troubleshoot and logs command
-- Createconfig command uses styled text to warn about saving config files instead of standard logger
-- Improved handling, and error reporting, when provisioning/deprovisioning images from the cloud fabric hangs and times out
-- Verify template and snapshot health after provisioning an image, and cleanup files associated to the template on image deprovision failures
-- Missing VHD state handing in SCVMM.
+- Use same `vmnetwork` key for HG and Cloud (`vmnetworkid`)
+- SCVMM - Add fallback for VMM IP pool with support for IP range in appliance network, add `--vlanid` parameter to accept `vlanid`
+- Non-interactive mode for SCVMM `troubleshoot` and `logs` commands
+- `Createconfig` command uses styled text to warn about saving config files instead of standard logger
+- Improved handling and error reporting for timeouts while provisioning/deprovisioning images from the cloud fabric
+- Verify template and snapshot health after provisioning an image, and clean up files associated to the template on image deprovision failures
+- Missing VHD state handing in SCVMM
 - SCVMM `validate` and `createconfig` fixes
 
-### VMware Private Cloud
+### Arc-enabled VMware vSphere
 
-- SSD storage validations have been added to VMWare vSphere in telemetry mode to check if the ESXi host backing the resource pool has any SSD-backed storage.
-- Improving missing privilege error message. Show some privileges in error message.
-- Validate Host ESXi version and provide concrete error message for placement profile.
-- Improve message for no datacenters found, display default folder.
-- Surface VMware error when finder fails during validate.
-- Verify template health and fix it during image provision.
+- SSD storage validations added to VMware vSphere in telemetry mode to check if the ESXi host backing the resource pool has any SSD-backed storage
+- Improve missing privilege error message, show some privileges in error message
+- Validate host ESXi version and provide concrete error message for placement profile
+- Improve message for no datacenters found, display default folder
+- Surface VMware error when finder fails during validate
+- Verify template health and fix it during image provision
 
 ### Features
-- `deploy` command - diagnostic checker enhancement - enhancements that add retries with exponential backoff to the proxy client calls
-- `deploy` command - diagnostic checker enhancement - a storage performance checker has been added in telemetry mode to evaluate the storage performance of the VM used to deploy the appliance
-- `deploy` command - Add Timeout for SSH connection: New error message: "Error: Timeout occurred due to management machine being unable to reach the appliance VM IP, 192.168.0.11. Please ensure that the requirements are met: `https://aka.ms/arb-machine-reqs: dial tcp 192.168.0.11:22: connect: connection timed out`
-- `validate` command - The appliance deployment will now fail if Proxy Connectivity and No Proxy checks report any errors
+
+- `deploy` command - diagnostic checker enhancements that add retries with exponential backoff to proxy client calls
+- `deploy` command - diagnostic checker enhancement: adds storage performance checker in telemetry mode to evaluate the storage performance of the VM used to deploy the appliance
+- `deploy` command - Add Timeout for SSH connection: New error message: "Error: Timeout occurred due to management machine being unable to reach the appliance VM IP, 192.168.0.11. Ensure that the requirements are met: `https://aka.ms/arb-machine-reqs: dial tcp 192.168.0.11:22: connect: connection timed out`
+- `validate` command - The appliance deployment now fails if Proxy Connectivity and No Proxy checks report any errors
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
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 - SCVMM and VMware - extend `deploy` command timeout from 30 to 120 minutes
 
 ### Features
-- `deploy` command - diagnostic checker enhancement - proxy checks in telemetry mode
+
+- `deploy` command - diagnostic checker enhancement: proxy checks in telemetry mode
 
 ### Product
 
 - Reduction in CPU requests
 - ETCD preflight check enhancements for upgrade
 
 ### Bug fixes
+
 - Fix for clusters impacted by the `node-ip` being set as `kube-vip` IP issue
-0 Bug fix for SCVMM cred rotation with the same credentials
+- Bug fix for SCVMM cred rotation with the same credentials
 
 ## Version 1.0.17 (December 2023)
 
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 - Azure Stack HCI - extend `deploy` command timeout from 30 to 120 minutes
 - All private clouds - enable provider credential parameters to be passed in each command
 - All private clouds - basic validations for select `createconfig` command inputs
-- VMware - basic re-prompts for select `createconfig` command inputs
+- VMware - basic reprompts for select `createconfig` command inputs
 
 ### Features
 
@@ -134,7 +166,7 @@ Mariner: 2.0.20240609
 
 ### Known bugs
 
-- Arc resource bridge upgrade shows appliance version as upgraded, but status shows upgrade failed.
+- Arc resource bridge upgrade shows appliance version as upgraded, but status shows upgrade failed
 
 ## Version 1.0.16 (November 2023)
 
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 ### Fabric/Infrastructure
 
-- `az arcappliance` CLI commands now only support static IP deployments for VMWare and SCVMM.
-- For test purposes only, Arc resource bridge on Azure Stack HCI may be deployed with DHCP configuration.
-- Support for using canonical region names.
-- Removal of VMware vSphere 6.7 fabric support (vSphere 7 and 8 are both supported).
+- `az arcappliance` CLI commands now only support static IP deployments for VMware and SCVMM
+- For test purposes only, Arc resource bridge on Azure Stack HCI may be deployed with DHCP configuration
+- Support for using canonical region names
+- Removal of VMware vSphere 6.7 fabric support (vSphere 7 and 8 are both supported)
 
 ### Features
 
 - (new) `get-upgrades` command- fetches the new upgrade edge available for a current appliance cluster
-- (new) `upgrade` command - upgrades the appliance to the next available version. Not available for SCVMM.
+- (new) `upgrade` command - upgrades the appliance to the next available version (not available for SCVMM)
 - (update) `deploy` command - In addition to `deploy`, this command now also calls `create` command. `Create` command is now optional.
-- (new) `get-credentials` command - now allows fetching of SSH keys and kubeconfig. These are needed to run the `logs` command from a different machine than the one used to deploy Arc resource bridge.
+- (new) `get-credentials` command - now allows fetching of SSH keys and kubeconfig, which are needed to run the `logs` command from a different machine than the one used to deploy Arc resource bridge
 - Allowing usage of `config-file` parameter for `get-credentials` command
-(new) Troubleshoot command - help debug live-site issues by running allowed actions directly on the appliance using a JIT access key.
+(new) Troubleshoot command - help debug live-site issues by running allowed actions directly on the appliance using a JIT access key
 
 ## Bug fix
 
-- IPClaim premature deletion issue vSphere static IP.
+- IPClaim premature deletion issue vSphere static IP
 
 ## Next steps