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 # Changelog
 
+# v1.21.0
+
+:new: What's new:
+
+- Warn when creating lakectl local on case-insensitive filesystems (#7650)
+- lakectl added support for retries (#7723)
+- S3 gateway - return slowdown on DynamoDB throttle (#7685)
+- UI: calculate total size of common prefix (#7720)
+
+:bug: Bugs fixed:
+
+- DDB temp creds to refresh before expiry (#7718)
+- Close resp body in lua s3 client (#7703)
+
 # v1.20.0
 
 :new:  What's new: