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+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The ``nova-conductor`` service now needs access to the Placement service
+    in the case of forcing a destination host during a live migration. Ensure
+    the ``[placement]`` section of nova.conf for the ``nova-conductor`` service
+    is filled in.
+fixes:
+  - |
+    When forcing a specified destination host during live migration, the
+    scheduler is bypassed but resource allocations will still be made in the
+    Placement service against the forced destination host. If the resource
+    allocation against the destination host fails, the live migration operation
+    will fail, regardless of the ``force`` flag being specified in the API.
+    The guest will be unchanged on the source host. For more details, see
+    `bug 1712008`_.
+
+    .. _bug 1712008: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1712008