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On Monday, October 2nd, 2017, we began releasing a new version of Apigee Edge for Public
Cloud.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** **Private Cloud customers** : Is this cloud release included in your Private Cloud version? See your version's release notes to see which cloud releases it contains. Also, see [About release
> numbering](https://docs.apigee.com/release/apigee-edge-release-process) to understand how you can figure it out by comparing release numbers.
>
> **Questions or issues?** Contact [Apigee Edge Support](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/troubleshoot/support)
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> **Release notifications** : See [Get Apigee Edge release notifications](https://docs.apigee.com/release/get-release-notifications).
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> [Release notes home page](https://docs.apigee.com/release/notes/apigee-release-notes)

## New features and updates

Following are the new features and updates in this release.

### Automated sign-up for new
evaluation accounts

The sign-up process for new evaluation accounts is now automated. New evaluation accounts are
provisioned in minutes instead of hours in fewer steps. For more information, see [Creating an Apigee Edge
account](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/get-started/creating-apigee-edge-account). (63901654)