## New and noteworthy

Here are the new features introduced in this Gradle release.

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## Promoted features

Promoted features are features that were incubating in previous versions of Gradle but are now supported and subject to backwards compatibility.
See the User guide section on the “[Feature Lifecycle](userguide/feature_lifecycle.html)” for more information.

The following are the features that have been promoted in this Gradle release.

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## Fixed issues

## Incubating features

Incubating features are intended to be used, but not yet guaranteed to be backwards compatible.
By giving early access to new features, real world feedback can be incorporated into their design.
See the User guide section on the “[Feature Lifecycle](userguide/feature_lifecycle.html)” for more information.

The following are the new incubating features or changes to existing incubating features in this Gradle release.

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## Deprecations

Features that have become superseded or irrelevant due to the natural evolution of Gradle become *deprecated*, and scheduled to be removed
in the next major Gradle version (Gradle 2.0). See the User guide section on the “[Feature Lifecycle](userguide/feature_lifecycle.html)” for more information.

The following are the newly deprecated items in this Gradle release. If you have concerns about a deprecation, please raise it via the [Gradle Forums](http://forums.gradle.org).

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## Potential breaking changes

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## External contributions

We would like to thank the following community members for making contributions to this release of Gradle.

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We love getting contributions from the Gradle community. For information on contributing, please see [gradle.org/contribute](http://gradle.org/contribute).

## Known issues

Known issues are problems that were discovered post release that are directly related to changes made in this release.
