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+Salt 2014.1.12 Release Notes
+============================
+
+:release: 2014-10-08
+
+Version 2014.1.12 is another bugfix release for :doc:`2014.1.0
+</topics/releases/2014.1.0>`.  Changes include:
+
+- Fix ``scp_file`` always failing (which broke salt-cloud) (:issue:`16437`)
+- Fix regression in pillar in masterless (:issue:`16210`, :issue:`16416`,
+  :issue:`16428`)