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 Package: gsDesign2
 Title: Group Sequential Design with Non-Constant Effect
-Version: 1.1.9
+Version: 1.2.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Keaven", "Anderson", email = "keaven_anderson@merck.com", role = c("aut")),
     person("Yujie", "Zhao", email = "yujie.zhao@merck.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
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+# gsDesign2 1.2.0
+
+## New features
+
+- Harm boundaries are now supported in `gs_design_ahr()`, `gs_power_ahr()`, `gs_design_npe()`, and `gs_power_npe()` through the new `harm`, `hpar`, and `test_harm` arguments. Harm boundaries are available for group sequential designs with futility testing and are not supported for fixed designs (#640, thanks to @LittleBeannie, @yihui, and @keaven).
+- Harm boundaries are now included in `summary()`, `gs_bound_summary()`, `as_gt()`, and `as_rtf()` output, with controls for custom labels and bound display (#640, thanks to @LittleBeannie, @jdblischak, @yihui, and @keaven).
+
+## Documentation
+
+- A new vignette demonstrates how `gs_design_ahr()` reproduces `gsDesign::gsSurv(method = "Schoenfeld")` boundaries across test types, including designs with harm boundaries (#640, thanks to @LittleBeannie, @yihui, and @keaven).
+
+
 # gsDesign2 1.1.9
 
 ## New features