diff --git a/releases/v1.0.0-beta.toml b/releases/v1.0.0-beta.toml
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-# commit to be tagged for new release
-commit = "HEAD"
-
-project_name = "containerd"
-github_repo = "containerd/containerd"
-
-# previous release
-previous = "v1.0.0-beta.2"
-
-pre_release = true
-
-preface = """\
-After rounding out the feature set in beta.2, we have taken a number of stability fixes.
-
-This release contains mostly bug fixes, code cleanup and improvements to useability of
-the client and ctr tool."""
-
-# notable prs to include in the release notes, 1234 is the pr number
-[notes]
-
-  [notes.ctr]
-  title= "`ctr` makeover"
-  description = """\
-`ctr` is getting a ~makeover~! The end goal is for commands to be consistent and scoped.
-Most notably:
-- `push`, `pull` are now `images` subcommands: `ctr images push`, `ctr images pull`
-- `fetch`, `fetch-object`, and `push-object` are `content` subcommands
-- `rootfs unpack` is now `snapshot unpack`
-- `apply` no longer exists. RIP"""
-
-  [notes.gc]
-  title= "Garbage collector improvements"
-  description = """\
-The garbage collector continues to improve with this release, including bug
-fixes on the client causing races and a new lease feature for making retention
-from the client easier.
-
-The lease API was added to make it easier for clients to prevent content and
-snapshots from being garbage collected while they are being actively worked on
-(such as from pull, import, or checkpoint). The API includes functions for
-creating, deleting, and listing leases. The lease gets attached to the context
-and the backend metadata store sees it and associates newly created content
-and snapshots with that lease.
-
-Leases are currently acquired and released automatically through the client.
-From the user perspective, fewer `gc.root` labels should be seen on client
-during pull/import operations or left over after a failed operation."""
-
-
-
-[breaking]
diff --git a/releases/v1.2.0-beta.toml b/releases/v1.2.0-beta.toml
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-# commit to be tagged for new release
-commit = "HEAD"
-
-project_name = "containerd"
-github_repo = "containerd/containerd"
-match_deps = "^github.com/(containerd/[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)$"
-
-# previous release
-previous = "v1.1.0"
-
-pre_release = true
-
-preface = """\
-After two major releases of containerd, we have brought back the beta releases to
-introduce a new runtime interface and new APIs. The 1.2 release will be fully
-backwards compatible and has no API breakage. The API additions included in
-this release are focused on making containerd more extensible and cover more
-user cases.
-
-### New V2 Runtime
-
-A new v2 runtime has been added with a stable gRPC interface for managing
-containers through external shims.
-
-This allows runtime authors to easily integrate with containerd over a stable
-API.
-
-Various runtimes can be selected on a per container basis using the `WithRuntime` opt
-or to test via ctr `ctr run --runtime io.containerd.runc.v1`.
-
-[Documentation](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/master/runtime/v2/README.md)
-
-### New Proxy Plugins
-
-A new proxy plugin configuration has been added to allow external snapshotters
-be connected to containerd using gRPC.
-
-[Documentation](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/master/PLUGINS.md)
-
-### Managed /opt directory
-
-A new `Install` method on the containerd client allows users to publish host level
-binaries using standard container build tooling and container distribution tooling
-to download containerd related binaries on their systems.
-
-This can be used for v2 runtime authors to get their runtime shims on an existing
-containerd system. It can also be used to install `runc` and other related tools.
-
-```bash
-> ctr content fetch docker.io/crosbymichael/runc:latest
-> ctr install docker.io/crosbymichael/runc:latest
-```
-
-[Documentation](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/master/docs/managed-opt.md)
-
-### Garbage Collection
-
-Add support for cleaning up leases and content ingests to garbage collections.
-
-Add expiration label to clean up temporary resources.
-
-### API Changes
-
-Minor API additions
-
-### Other Improvements
-
-Improved multi-arch image support using more precise matching and ranking"""
-
-# notable prs to include in the release notes, 1234 is the pr number
-[notes]
-
-[breaking]
-
-[rename_deps]
-	[rename_deps.ttrpc]
-	old = "github.com/stevvooe/ttrpc"
-	new = "github.com/containerd/ttrpc"