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 ### Added
 
+### Changed
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+### Deprecated
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+### Removed
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+### Fixed
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+## \[1.9.0\]
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+### Added
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 - [#4687](https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/pull/4687): Added
   VMGenID support for microVMs running on ARM hosts with 6.1 guest kernels.
   Support for VMGenID via DeviceTree bindings exists only on mainline 6.10 Linux