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 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [1.26.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v1.25.0...v1.26.0) (2020-02-25)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **apigateway:** the interface now accepts endpointconfiguration property instead of endpoint type as defined by cfn
+* **lambda-nodejs:** `parcel-bundler` v1.x is now a peer dependency of `@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs`. Please add it to your `package.json`.
+
+### Features
+
+* **apigateway:** expose endpointconfiguration to include vpcEndpointIds ([#6078](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6078)) ([99de6ca](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/99de6ca6940f8e7e66e44d1cc68f0e1f1cb80b94)), closes [#6038](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6038)
+* **apigateway:** lambda request authorizer ([#5642](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/5642)) ([031932d](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/031932d79511c3750f3f4177d74ead4609cab541))
+* **appsync:** mapping template for lambda proxy ([#6288](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/pull/6288)) ([f865d5e](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/f865d5ec25df9b3232a66d8e3e9aa32e23cb8aa5))
+* **batch:** add JobQueue, ComputeEnvironment and JobDefinition constructs ([c8a22b1](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/c8a22b176cdee7da2cde15c38a6fc107686cf2d0))
+* **cdk-assets:** asset uploading tool ([c505348](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/c5053480b057b307c4ebf33d2792839f07a09bb6))
+* **cli:** faster "no-op" deployments ([#6346](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6346)) ([d4a132b](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/d4a132bff91ab8e78ed38dc5ee41842554347ecf)), closes [#6046](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6046) [#2553](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/2553) [#6216](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6216)
+* **cfn:** CloudFormation Resource Specification 11.1.0 ([#6424](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6424)) ([ab9b77c](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/ab9b77cc9857b5ea34952d4efb3f67c1d8a51311))
+* **cognito:** user pool verification and invitation messages ([#6282](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6282)) ([faf6693](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/faf6693e2590fbe7332be8737afd35874f6719f1))
+* **ecs-patterns:** create dlq when queue is not provided for QueueProcessingService ([#6356](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6356)) ([e307d7f](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/e307d7fa721a54ee54d8ad8e4b3f13e6c45c342a))
+* **kms:** `trustAccountIdentities` avoids cyclic stack dependencies ([03f4ef2](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/03f4ef27408822d288c75790c8d1270e007a0842))
+* **rds:** attach description to database secret ([d5a4854](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/d5a48545f83efe7ca39cab75579b2cd91f55800b))
+* **sns:** support multiple tokens as url and email subscriptions ([#6357](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6357)) ([e5493bd](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/e5493bd2cea897a2d4e1576d3084e9fb2e9f6b7f)), closes [#3996](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/3996)
+* **ssm:** add ability to specify SSM Parameter tier ([#6326](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6326)) ([9209ef6](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/9209ef6e4879c64a9b374a14e2fb7b09b5c51052))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **aws-ecs:** propagate dnsTtl property part of cloudMapOptions ([#6370](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6370)) ([747bdb2](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/747bdb240296c69430dbd8970f809aa1540da11d)), closes [#6223](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6223)
+* **cli:** `cdk deploy` hangs when stack deployment fails ([#6433](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6433)) ([4b11d99](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/4b11d998a09b2ecdff720dea0cd3ace718cb5b1d))
+* **cli:** Python init templates are missing .gitignore file ([#6350](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6350)) ([cd6cd42](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/cd6cd42e4d0debbd9161bcf4d4bf22ef1a92f128)), closes [#5566](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/5566)
+* **core:** top-level resources cannot use long logical ids ([#6419](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6419)) ([2a418b9](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/2a418b9490f65ddcc34d96afb64c0d49041ae049)), closes [#6190](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6190) [#6190](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6190)
+* **ecs:** support file as firelens config type ([#6322](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6322)) ([f9996f3](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/f9996f3e72460068f53d2cb551f00fb32386e9c9))
+* **lambda:** erroneous inline code support for ruby ([#6365](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6365)) ([8e21e78](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/8e21e783d50bf75550298d7c111ad3ddb97f5343)), closes [#6302](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6302)
+* **lambda-nodejs:** parcel is too big to bundle ([a93e4d5](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/a93e4d5418af1409f1b3278bffb8ace360d28a19)), closes [#6340](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/6340)
 
 ## [1.25.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v1.24.0...v1.25.0) (2020-02-18)
 
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index d5446ec0c490d..1797667ed0e64 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
     "tools/*"
   ],
   "rejectCycles": "true",
-  "version": "1.25.0"
+  "version": "1.26.0"
 }