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+etcd v3.1.6 (2017-04-19)
+- remove auth check in Status API
+- fill in Auth API response header
+
 etcd v3.1.5 (2017-03-27)
 - add '/etc/nsswitch.conf' file to alpine-based Docker image
 - fix raft memory leak issue