## Release notes for kOps 1.22 series

**&#9888; kOps 1.22 has not been released yet! &#9888;**

This is a document to gather the release notes prior to the release.

# Significant changes

# Breaking changes

* Support for Kubernetes versions 1.15 and 1.16 has been removed.

# Required Actions

* To support [Node Termination Handler's Queue Process mode](/addons/#node-termination-handler), AWS cluster deletion now requires the kops CLI have `sqs:ListQueues` and `events:ListRules` permissions regardless of whether or not the addon is used.

# Deprecations

* Support for Kubernetes versions 1.17 is deprecated and will be removed in kOps 1.23.

# Full change list since 1.21.0 release

## Release notes for kOps 1.22 series

**&#9888; kOps 1.22 has not been released yet! &#9888;**

This is a document to gather the release notes prior to the release.

# Significant changes

# Breaking changes

* Support for Kubernetes versions 1.15 and 1.16 has been removed.

# Required Actions

* To support [Node Termination Handler's Queue Process mode](/addons/#node-termination-handler), AWS cluster deletion now requires the kops CLI have `sqs:ListQueues` and `events:ListRules` permissions regardless of whether or not the addon is used.

# Deprecations

* Support for Kubernetes version 1.17 is deprecated and will be removed in kOps 1.23.

# Full change list since 1.21.0 release

Fix typo in 1.22 release notes
Fix typo in 1.22 release notes
