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+## Summary
+
+### Table of Contents
+
+- **[Major Changes](#major-changes)**
+ - **[Deletions](#deletions)**
+ - [Deletion of deprecated metrics](#metric-deletion)
+ - **[Breaking changes](#breaking-changes)**
+
+## Major Changes
+
+### Deletion
+
+#### Deletion of deprecated metrics
+
+The following metrics that were deprecated in the previous release, have now been deleted.
+
+
+| Metric Name |
+|:--------------------------------------------:|
+| `analysis.change.write` |
+| `audit.write` |
+| `discoveries.attempt` |
+| `discoveries.fail` |
+| `discoveries.instance_poll_seconds_exceeded` |
+| `discoveries.queue_length` |
+| `discoveries.recent_count` |
+| `instance.read` |
+| `instance.read_topology` |
+| `emergency_reparent_counts` |
+| `planned_reparent_counts` |
+| `reparent_shard_operation_timings` |
+
+
+
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+## v21.0
+* **[21.0.0](21.0.0)**