@@ -9,10 +9,52 @@ To see all merged commits on the master branch that will be part of the next plo
 
 where X.Y.Z is the semver of most recent plotly.js release.
 
+## [3.0.0-rc.2] -- 2024-12-16
+
+### Removed
+ - Drop support for passing a string to the `title` attribute, and drop support for deprecated attributes `titlefont`, `titleposition`, `titleside`, and `titleoffset` (use `title.text`, `title.font`, `title.side`, `title.offset` instead)[[#7212](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7212)]
+ - Drop deprecated pointcloud and heatmapgl traces and gl2d subplots [[#7213](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7213)]
+Drop support for deprecated `bardir` attribute (use `orientation` instead) [[#7214](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7214)]
+ - Drop support for deprecated `annotation.ref` attribute (use `annotation.xref` and `annotation.yref` instead) [[#7215](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7215)]
+ - Drop support for deprecated error bar `opacity` attribute (use alpha channel of error bar `color` attribute instead) [[#7214](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7216)]
+ - Drop support for deprecated attribute `gl3d.cameraposition` (use `gl3d.camera` instead) [[#7217](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7217)]
+ - Drop deprecated `plot3dPixelRatio` from config [[#7231](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7231)]
+ - Drop deprecated `zauto`, `zmin` and `zmax` from the surface trace [[#7234](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7234)]
+ - Drop deprecated `autotick` attributes from cartesian axes [[#7236](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7236)]
+ - Drop `transforms` from the API [[#7240](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7240), [#7254](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7254)]
+ - Drop jQuery events support [[#7224](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7224)]
+ - Drop the AMD support from the bundle header [[#7229](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7229)]
+
+### Changed
+ - Switch from webpack to esbuild for fast builds & testing as well as allowing modern JavaScript beyond es5 [[#6909](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/6909)]
+ - Make offsetgroup work with barmode "stacked" and "relative" for bar traces [[#7009](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7009)]
+ - Node v18 required for development [[#7116](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7124)]
+ - Cleanup remaining code that was there to support the Internet Explorer [[#7251](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7251)]
+ - Deprecate mapbox traces and provide links to migration docs for plotly.js and plotly.py users [[#7260](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7260)]
+
+### Fixed
+ - Remove inline styles that break plots in strict CSP setups [[#7109](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7109)],
+  with thanks to @martian111 for the contribution!
+ - Allow null or broken selection objects without throwing an error [[#7164](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7164)]
+ - Render scatterternary traces correctly if they have the `ids` attribute [[#7164](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7164)]
+ - Do not convert url-sourced layout images to data URI unless we're in staticPlot mode, to improve interactivity when images are changed with zoom/pan [[#7199](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7199)]
+ - Fix source map of the mablibre dependency [[#7204](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7204)]
+ - Fix years in license [[#7205](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7205)]
+ - Maintain layout images element identity based on coordinates,
+   for smoother updates when you add or remove images early in the list. [[#7277](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7277)]
+ - Fix handling of new domain values given in the Plotly.react function to
+   prevent loss of new domain values. [[#7283](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7283)]
+ - Fix distortions in sankey diagram links loops [[#7272](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7272)],
+   with thanks to @giuseppe-straziota for the contribution!
+ - Performance improvement for scattergl traces with many points [[#7301](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7301)],
+   with thanks to @giuseppe-straziota for the contribution!
+ - Set height and width on the `.plotly-container` div to 100% to fix gl3d rendering in Dash Enterprise apps [[#7313](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7313)]
+
+
 ## [2.35.3] -- 2024-12-13
 
 ### Fixed
- - Set height and width on the `.plotly-container` div to 100% [[#7314](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7314)]
+ - Set height and width on the `.plotly-container` div to 100% to fix gl3d rendering in Dash Enterprise apps [[#7313](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7313)]
 
 
 ## [3.0.0-rc.1] -- 2024-11-27
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors:
 - family-names: "Samimi"
   given-names: "Mojtaba"
 title: "Open source Plotly charting library"
-version: 3.0.0-rc.1
+version: 3.0.0-rc.2
 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.13964707
 date-released: 2024-09-10
 url: "https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js"
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ You may also consider using [`plotly.js-dist`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/plo
 
 ```html
 <head>
-    <script src="https://cdn.plot.ly/plotly-3.0.0-rc.1.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
+    <script src="https://cdn.plot.ly/plotly-3.0.0-rc.2.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 </head>
 <body>
     <div id="gd"></div>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ You may also consider using [`plotly.js-dist`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/plo
 Alternatively you may consider using [native ES6 import](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Modules) in the script tag.
 ```html
 <script type="module">
-    import "https://cdn.plot.ly/plotly-3.0.0-rc.1.min.js"
+    import "https://cdn.plot.ly/plotly-3.0.0-rc.2.min.js"
     Plotly.newPlot("gd", [{ y: [1, 2, 3] }])
 </script>
 ```
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Fastly supports Plotly.js with free CDN service. Read more at <https://www.fastl
 ### Un-minified versions are also available on CDN
 While non-minified source files may contain characters outside UTF-8, it is recommended that you specify the `charset` when loading those bundles.
 ```html
-<script src="https://cdn.plot.ly/plotly-3.0.0-rc.1.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
+<script src="https://cdn.plot.ly/plotly-3.0.0-rc.2.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 ```
 
 > Please note that as of v2 the "plotly-latest" outputs (e.g. https://cdn.plot.ly/plotly-latest.min.js) will no longer be updated on the CDN, and will stay at the last v1 patch v1.58.5. Therefore, to use the CDN with plotly.js v2 and higher, you must specify an exact plotly.js version.