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+## Support for per-host circuit breaker max-connections threshold
+
+Adds support for setting per-host circuit breaker max-connections threshold,
+enabling Envoy to enforce a maximum number of connections for each individual
+Kubernetes service endpoint using a new service-level annotation: `projectcontour.io/per-host-max-connections`.