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+# Upgrade Guide
+
+_All `MAJOR` version bumps will have upgrade notes posted here._
+
+[2024-06-18] 1.56.x to 2.x.x
+-----------------------------
+### Auto-generating from OpenAPI directly
+The external OpenAPI spec files are generating directly from the internal OpenAPI specs.