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-## v1.7 [unreleased]
-
-### Release Notes
-
-- The `cassandra` input plugin has been deprecated in favor of the `jolokia2`
-  input plugin which is much more configurable and more performant.  There is
-  an [example configuration](./plugins/inputs/jolokia2/examples) to help you
-  get started.
-
-- For plugins supporting TLS, you can now specify the certificate and keys
-  using `tls_ca`, `tls_cert`, `tls_key`.  These options behave the same as
-  the, now deprecated, `ssl` forms.
-
-### New Inputs
-
-- [fibaro](./plugins/inputs/fibaro/README.md) - Contributed by @dynek
-- [mcrouter](./plugins/inputs/mcrouter/README.md) - Contributed by @cthayer
-- [nvidia_smi](./plugins/inputs/nvidia_smi/README.md) - Contributed by @jackzampolin
-
-### New Processors
-
-- [topk](./plugins/processors/topk/README.md) - Contributed by @mirath
-
-### Features
-
-- [#3964](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3964): Add repl_oplog_window_sec metric to mongodb input.
-- [#3819](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3819): Add per-host shard metrics in mongodb input.
-- [#3999](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3999): Skip files with leading `..` in config directory.
-- [#4021](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/4021): Add TLS support to socket_writer and socket_listener plugins.
-- [#4025](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/4025): Add snmp input option to strip non fixed length index suffixes.
-- [#4035](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/4035): Add server version tag to docker input.
-- [#4044](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/4044): Add support for LeoFS 1.4 to leofs input.
-- [#4068](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/4068): Add parameter to force the interval of gather for sysstat.
-- [#3877](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3877): Support busybox ping in the ping input.
-- [#4077](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/4077): Add input plugin for McRouter.
-- [#4096](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/4096): Add topk processor plugin.
-- [#4114](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/4114): Add cursor metrics to mongodb input.
-- [#3455](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3455): Add tag/integer pair for result to net_response.
-
-### Bugfixes
-
-- [#4018](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/4018): Write to working file outputs if any files are not writeable.
-- [#4036](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/4036): Add all win_perf_counters fields for a series in a single metric.
-- [#4118](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/4118): Report results of dns_query instead of 0ms on timeout.
-
 ## v1.6.3 [unreleased]
 
 ### Bugfixes