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+```release-note:enhancement
+connect: for early awareness of Envoy incompatibilities, when using the `consul connect envoy` command the Envoy version will now be checked for compatibility. If incompatible Consul will error and exit.
+```
+```release-note:breaking-change
+connect: Consul will now error and exit when using the `consul connect envoy` command if the Envoy version is incompatible. To ignore this check use flag `--ignore-envoy-compatibility`
+```
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