Add release notes for 2.4.0
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paginate_path: "blog/page:num"
permalink: /blog/:categories/:year/:month/:day/:title
relative_permalinks: false
-latest_version: 2.3.0
-latest_version_date: 2021-03-06
-latest_snapshot: 2.4.0-SNAPSHOT
+latest_version: 2.4.0
+latest_version_date: 2021-09-10
+latest_snapshot: 2.5.0-SNAPSHOT
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<a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Release Notes<strong class="caret"></strong></a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<!-- only keep the release notes for supported versions in this list -->
+ <li><a href="/releasenotes/2.4.0">2.4.0</a></li>
<li><a href="/releasenotes/2.3.0">2.3.0</a></li>
<li><a href="/releasenotes/2.2.1">2.2.1</a></li>
<li><a href="/releasenotes/2.2.0">2.2.0</a></li>
diff --git a/doap_jclouds.rdf b/doap_jclouds.rdf
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<category rdf:resource="http://projects.apache.org/category/library" />
<release>
<Version>
+ <name>Apache jclouds 2.4.0</name>
+ <created>2021-09-10</created>
+ <revision>2.4.0</revision>
+ </Version>
+ </release>
+ <release>
+ <Version>
<name>Apache jclouds 2.3.0</name>
<created>2021-03-06</created>
<revision>2.3.0</revision>
diff --git a/releasenotes/2.4.0.md b/releasenotes/2.4.0.md
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+---
+layout: releasenotes
+title: Release Notes for Version 2.4.0
+date: 2021-09-10 20:00:00
+release_notes: true
+permalink: /releasenotes/2.4.0/
+---
+
+1. [Introduction](#intro)
+1. [Release Highlights](#highlights)
+1. [Known Issues](#knownissues)
+1. [Credits](#credits)
+1. [Test Results](#test)
+
+## <a id="intro"></a>Introduction
+
+Apache jclouds 2.4.0 is a regular release which includes compatibility and bug fixes.
+You can [read the official announcement here](https://s.apache.org/jclouds240). To get started with jclouds, please see the [jclouds installation guide](/start/install/).
+
+## <a id="highlights"></a>Release Highlights
+
+New features in Apache jclouds 2.4.0 include:
+
+* Upgradings Guava, Guice, and GSON dependencies
+
+### Bugs and patches
+
+<ul>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCLOUDS-1569'>JCLOUDS-1569</a>] - "did not receive expected response code and header" during undeploy request
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCLOUDS-1577'>JCLOUDS-1577</a>] - Running custom image created from MS Marketplace fails because no "Plan Information" is provided
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCLOUDS-1580'>JCLOUDS-1580</a>] - BlobStore.blobMetadata().getUserMetadata() returns empty Map when cloud provider returns lowercase metadata headers
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCLOUDS-1581'>JCLOUDS-1581</a>] - NullPointerException when parsing Cors object for GCE list buckets request
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCLOUDS-1582'>JCLOUDS-1582</a>] - ETag of the object uploaded via multipart upload does not match the CompleteMPU response from the transient blobstore
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCLOUDS-1584'>JCLOUDS-1584</a>] - Deployment API fails when ARM Template deploys for creating Azure VM
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+### New Feature
+
+<ul>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCLOUDS-1516'>JCLOUDS-1516</a>] - First putblob should be signed with specific region rather than with default region during createcontainer API
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCLOUDS-1558'>JCLOUDS-1558</a>] - Azureblob Azure AD OAuth2 authentication support
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+### Improvement
+
+<ul>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCLOUDS-1572'>JCLOUDS-1572</a>] - Update GCS bucket regions
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+The complete list of fixed issues and improvements can be found [here](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12314430&version=12349971).
+
+## <a id="knownissues"></a> Known Issues
+
+## <a id="credits"></a>Credits
+
+jclouds would like to thank everyone who contributed time and effort in order to make this release happen:
+
+* Apache jclouds [PMC](http://people.apache.org/committers-by-project.html#jclouds-pmc) and community for verifying the release.
+* Check out who has been busy on [Open Hub](https://www.openhub.net/p/jclouds/contributors?query=&sort=latest_commit).
+
+## <a id="test"></a>Test Results
+
+Please see the discussion and the vote threads for live test results for 2.4.0:
+
+* RC1 [vote](https://s.apache.org/jclouds240rc1vote) and [discussion](https://s.apache.org/jclouds240rc1discuss) threads.
diff --git a/releasenotes/index.md b/releasenotes/index.md
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The Release Notes and Javadocs for every major release of Apache jclouds are listed chronologically below.
+* [2.4.0](/releasenotes/2.4.0) | [Javadoc](/reference/javadoc/2.4.x/)
* [2.3.0](/releasenotes/2.3.0) | [Javadoc](/reference/javadoc/2.3.x/)
* [2.2.1](/releasenotes/2.2.1) | [Javadoc](/reference/javadoc/2.2.x/)
* [2.2.0](/releasenotes/2.2.0) | [Javadoc](/reference/javadoc/2.2.x/)
