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@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ For the version of the plugins and the CSI drivers they support respectively ple
 #### Break change
 Starting v1.8 velero will only support v1 CRD, therefore, it will only run on Kubernetes v1.16+
 
+#### Upload Progress Monitoring and Item Snapshotter
+Item Snapshotter plugin API was merged.  This will support both Upload Progress
+monitoring and the planned Data Mover.  Upload Progress monitoring PRs are
+in progress for 1.9.
+
 ### All changes
 
 * E2E test on ssr object with controller namespace mix-ups (#4521, @mqiu)