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+# Boundary UI CHANGELOG
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+Canonical reference for changes, improvements, and bugfixes for Boundary UI.
+
+
+## 0.1.0 (2021.02.16)
+
+### Desktop
+
+v1.0.0-alpha is the first release of Boundary Desktop. As a result there are no changes, improvements, or bugfixes from past versions.