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+---
+features:
+  - |
+    A new boolean config option ``serial_console`` is added to the section
+    ``compute-feature-enabled``. If enabled, tests, which validate the
+    behavior of Nova's *serial console* feature (an alternative to VNC,
+    RDP, SPICE) can be executed.