<commit_before># Release Notes    {#release_notes}

* @subpage release_notes_1704
* @subpage release_notes_1701
* @subpage release_notes_1609
* @subpage release_notes_1606

@page release_notes_1704 Release notes for VPP 17.04

@todo Release 17.04 needs release notes.

@page release_notes_1701 Release notes for VPP 17.01

@note This release was for a while known as 16.12.
@todo Release 17.01 needs release notes. It will show up here soon...

## Features

## Known issues

## Issues fixed


@page release_notes_1609 Release notes for VPP 16.09

## Features

- [Integrated July 2016 DPDK release](http://www.dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.html)
  - DPDK-vhost is depreciated pending a complete rework of the original integration and
    addressing of rx performance deltas.
  - Patches required for DPDK 16.07:<commit_msg>Initial Release notes for 17.04.<commit_after># Release Notes    {#release_notes}

* @subpage release_notes_1704
* @subpage release_notes_1701
* @subpage release_notes_1609
* @subpage release_notes_1606

@page release_notes_1704 Release notes for VPP 17.04

## API changes

- Python API: To avoid conflicts between VPP API messages names and
  the Python API binding function names, VPP API methods are put in a
  separate proxy object.
  https://gerrit.fd.io/r/#/c/5570/
  The api methods are now referenced as:
    vpp_handle = VPP(jsonfiles)
    vpp_handle.connect(...)
    vpp = vpp_handle.api
    vpp.show_version()
    vpp_handle.disconnect()

  For backwards compatibility VPP API methods are left in the main
  name space (VPP), but will be removed from 17.07.

- create_loopback message to be replaced with create_loopback_instance
  create_loopback will be removed from 17.07.
  https://gerrit.fd.io/r/#/c/5572/

@todo Release 17.04 needs release notes.

@page release_notes_1701 Release notes for VPP 17.01

@note This release was for a while known as 16.12.
@todo Release 17.01 needs release notes. It will show up here soon...

## Features

## Known issues

## Issues fixed


@page release_notes_1609 Release notes for VPP 16.09

## Features

- [Integrated July 2016 DPDK release](http://www.dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.html)
  - DPDK-vhost is depreciated pending a complete rework of the original integration and
    addressing of rx performance deltas.
  - Patches required for DPDK 16.07:
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