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