From 347ddfdb54278d48a7feb3eb2c21ccb09ee41fa2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Auto Differentiation Dev Team
 <107129969+auto-differentiation-dev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 22:05:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Preparing release 1.7.0

---
 .github/SECURITY.md |  3 ++-
 CHANGELOG.md        | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
 VERSION             |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/SECURITY.md b/.github/SECURITY.md
index f0bd311d..e87194fc 100644
--- a/.github/SECURITY.md
+++ b/.github/SECURITY.md
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 
 | Version | Supported          |
 | ------- | ------------------ |
+| 1.7.x   | :white_check_mark: |
 | 1.6.x   | :white_check_mark: |
 | 1.5.x   | :white_check_mark: |
 | 1.4.x   | :white_check_mark: |
-| 1.3.x   | :white_check_mark: |
+| 1.3.x   | :x:                |
 | 1.2.x   | :x:                |
 | 1.1.x   | :x:                |
 | < 1.1   | :x:                |
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 62ff9683..b77eebb2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,18 +5,35 @@ All notable changes to XAD will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [unreleased]
+## [1.7.0] - 2024-11-30
+
+This release features extensive performance improvements.
 
 ### Added
 
+-   **Template Variables**: Added support for C++17 type traits such as `std::is_floating_point_v` ([#127](https://github.com/auto-differentiation/xad/pull/127)).
+-   **CI/CD Workflows**: Updated workflows to target the C++17 standard ([#127](https://github.com/auto-differentiation/xad/pull/127)).
+-   **New Sample**: Introduced a Monte-Carlo swaption portfolio pricer, including path-wise derivative calculations ([#126](https://github.com/auto-differentiation/xad/pull/126)).
+
 ### Changed
 
-### Deprecated
+-   **Performance Improvements** ([#150](https://github.com/auto-differentiation/xad/pull/150)):
 
-### Removed
+    -   Optimised `OperationsContainer` for handling slots and multipliers.
+    -   Enhanced iteration efficiency in `computeAdjoints` by avoiding redundant operations.
+    -   Implemented joint tape appending for multipliers and slots in a single operation.
+    -   Removed the overhead of `std::fma` calls, relying on compiler-level optimisations.
+    -   Added pre-checks to skip derivative calculations when tape is not required.
+    -   Provided branch prediction hints using `XAD_LIKELY` and `XAD_UNLIKELY`.
+    -   Introduced a paired operations container variant for improved performance at a slight memory cost, with a `XAD_REDUCED_MEMORY` CMake option to toggle memory usage.
+
+-   **Documentation Updates**: Improved and expanded documentation ([#125](https://github.com/auto-differentiation/xad/pull/125)).
+-   **CMake Module Renaming**: Renamed helper modules to avoid name clashes (by @raneamri, [#123](https://github.com/auto-differentiation/xad/pull/123)).
 
 ### Fixed
 
+-   **Move Behaviour of ChunkContainer** Fixed move behaviour of `ChunkContainer` (by @rghouzra, [#152](https://github.com/auto-differentiation/xad/pull/152))
+
 
 ## [1.6.0] - 2024-07-17
 
@@ -145,7 +162,7 @@ This is a patch release to ensure compatibility with QuantLib 1.33.
 
 Initial open-source release
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/auto-differentiation/xad/compare/v1.6.0...HEAD
+[1.7.0]: https://github.com/auto-differentiation/xad/compare/v1.6.0...v1.7.0
 
 [1.6.0]: https://github.com/auto-differentiation/xad/compare/v1.5.2...v1.6.0
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index de023c91..bd8bf882 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.0-dev
+1.7.0