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+## Version 2.0.0.0-rc1 Release Notes
+
+Compatible with OpenSearch 2.0.0.0-rc1
+
+### Enhancements
+* remove button toggle and add stop button ([#623](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/623))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+* Edit visualization time change ([#617](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/617))
+* Remove duplicated node dependencies ([#620](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/620))
+* Bug fixes for application analytics ([#608](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/608))
+* Fixes trace analytics invalid service map and increase span limit ([#629](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/629))
+* Adding legacy UI route for traces ([#653](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/653))
+* Fix change availability bug ([#667](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/667))
+* Fix test to check for empty event analytics ([#669](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/669))
+* Bump prismjs from 1.25.0 to 1.27.0 in /dashboards-observability ([#508](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/508))
+* Bump minimist from 1.2.5 to 1.2.6 in /dashboards-observability ([#614](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/614))
+* Bump moment from 2.29.1 to 2.29.2 in /dashboards-observability ([#636](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/636))
+* Bump async from 3.2.1 to 3.2.3 in /dashboards-observability ([#654](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/654))
+
+### Infrastructure
+* Bwc update ([#604](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/604))
+* Event cypress tests ([#611](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/611))
+* Test 2.0 ([#624](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/624))
+* Updated panel flaky cypress tests ([#633](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/633))
+* Updated notebook cypress tests ([#637](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/637))
+* updated events flyout ui, unskip jest tests ([#638](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/638))
+* Remove zips used by bwc tests ([#648](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/648))
+* Fix trace analytics cypress ([#652](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/652))
+* Event analytics jest tests ([#651](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/651))
+* 2.0 cypress tests ([#658](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/658))
+* Updated issue templates from .github. ([#662](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/662))
+* Removing add sample data test from panels cypress ([#668](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/668))
+
+### Documentation
+* Remove master and whitelist text ([#657](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/657))
+
+### Maintenance
+* Bump plugins to 2.0 and support build.version_qualifier ([#602](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/602))
+* Add alpha1 qualifier and JDK 17 for backend ([#607](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/607))
+* Add alpha1 qualifiers for dashboards plugin ([#616](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/616))
+* Tweak build.gradle to have the correct qualifiers in 2.0.0 ([#619](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/619))
+* Change alpha1 to rc1 for first 2.0 release ([#635](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/635))
+* Change 2.0-alpha1 to 2.0-rc1. ([#655](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/655))
+
+### Refactoring
+* Modularize and cleanup traces ([#601](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/601))
+* Modularize and cleanup panel ([#603](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/603))
+* Modularize event Analytics live tail and fix bug ([#647](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/647))
+* Fix lint and modularize dashboard ([#583](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/583))
+* Modularize service and fix issues ([#595](https://github.com/opensearch-project/observability/pull/595))
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