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-> Starting with release automation, new release changelogs are maintained
-> in the [CHANGELOG/](CHANGELOG/) directory with per-cycle files.
-
-# Changelog ClickToDial
-
-## Table of Contents
-
-- [r1.1](#r11)
-
-**Please be aware that the project will have frequent updates to the main branch. There are no compatibility guarantees associated with code in any branch, including main, until it has been released. For example, changes may be reverted before a release is published. For the best results, use the latest published release.**
-
-The below sections record the changes for each API version in each release as follows:
-
-- for an alpha release, the delta with respect to the previous release
-- for the first release-candidate, all changes since the last public release
-- for subsequent release-candidate(s), only the delta to the previous release-candidate
-- for a public release, the consolidated changes since the previous public release
-
-# r1.1
-
-## Release Note
-
-This release contains the definition and documentation of
-
-- click-to-dial v0.1.0-alpha.1
-
-The API definition(s) are based on
-
-- Commonalities v0.5.0
-- Identity and Consent Management v0.3.0
-
-## click-to-dial v0.1.0-alpha.1
-
-click-to-dial v0.1.0-alpha.1 is the first pre-release version of the click-to-dial API.
-- API definition **with inline documentation**:
-  - [View it on ReDoc](https://redocly.github.io/redoc/?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/camaraproject/ClickToDial/r1.1/code/API_definitions/click-to-dial.yaml&nocors)
-  - [View it on Swagger Editor](https://camaraproject.github.io/swagger-ui/?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/camaraproject/ClickToDial/r1.1/code/API_definitions/click-to-dial.yaml)
-  - OpenAPI [YAML spec file](https://github.com/camaraproject/ClickToDial/blob/r1.1/code/API_definitions/click-to-dial.yaml)
-
-## Added
-
-- Update for fall2025 by @YadingFang in [#22](https://github.com/camaraproject/ClickToDial/pull/22), [#27](https://github.com/camaraproject/ClickToDial/pull/27), [#29](https://github.com/camaraproject/ClickToDial/pull/29), [#31](https://github.com/camaraproject/ClickToDial/pull/31), [#32](https://github.com/camaraproject/ClickToDial/pull/32)
-- Create Click to Dial_API.md by @wuhonglin in [#9](https://github.com/camaraproject/ClickToDial/pull/9)
-- Add Click to Dial support material by @HanbaiWang  in [#6](https://github.com/camaraproject/ClickToDial/pull/6)
-- Create Click to Dial_User_Story by @seekwain in [#11](https://github.com/camaraproject/ClickToDial/pull/11)
-- Add API yaml files by @seekwain in [#10](https://github.com/camaraproject/ClickToDial/pull/10)
-- Create Click to Dial_API.md by @wuhonglin in [#9](https://github.com/camaraproject/ClickToDial/pull/9)
-- Add CTD support material by @HanbaiWang  in [#6](https://github.com/camaraproject/ClickToDial/pull/6)
-
-## Changed
-
-- N/A
-
-## Fixed
-
-- N/A
-
-## Removed
-
-- N/A
-
-## New Contributors
-
-- @HanbaiWang made their first contribution in [#4](https://github.com/camaraproject/ClickToDial/pull/4)
-- @wuhonglin made their first contribution in [#9](https://github.com/camaraproject/ClickToDial/pull/9)
-- @seekwain made their first contribution in [#10](https://github.com/camaraproject/ClickToDial/pull/10)
-- @YadingFang make their first contribution in [#22](https://github.com/camaraproject/ClickToDial/pull/22)
-
-**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/camaraproject/ClickToDial/commits/r1.1/](https://github.com/camaraproject/ClickToDial/commits/r1.1/)
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 # Changelog
 
 Release changelogs are organized by release cycle.
-
-For historical release notes predating the automated release process,
-see [CHANGELOG.md](../CHANGELOG.md) in the repository root.
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 # Owners of the CODEOWNER and Maintainer.md files are the admins of CAMARA (to allow them to keep the teams within the CAMARA organization in sync in case of changes)
 /CODEOWNERS @camaraproject/admins
 /MAINTAINERS.MD @camaraproject/admins
-
-# The following lines ensure that the release-management_reviewers team will automatically added as reviewers
-# if a pull requests is changing the CHANGELOG file (aka "release PR") and that such PRs can only be merged with an approval from a team member.
-/CHANGELOG.MD @camaraproject/release-management_reviewers
-/CHANGELOG.md @camaraproject/release-management_reviewers