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+<a name="5.1.0-rc.0"></a>
+# [5.1.0-rc.0](https://github.com/angular/angular/compare/5.1.0-beta.2...5.1.0-rc.0) (2017-12-01)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **animations:** ensure multi-level enter animations work ([#19455](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19455)) ([dd6237e](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/dd6237e))
+* **animations:** ensure multi-level enter animations work ([#19455](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19455)) ([b2a586c](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/b2a586c))
+* **animations:** ensure multi-level leave animations work ([#19455](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19455)) ([1366762](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/1366762))
+* **animations:** ensure multi-level leave animations work ([#19455](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19455)) ([c2b3792](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/c2b3792))
+* **bazel:** produce named AMD modules for codegen ([#20547](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/20547)) ([6e83204](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/6e83204)), closes [#19422](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19422)
+* **common:** accept falsy values as HTTP bodies ([#19958](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19958)) ([15a54df](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/15a54df)), closes [#19825](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19825) [#19195](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19195)
+* **common:** don't strip XSSI prefix for if error isn't JSON ([#19958](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19958)) ([aafa75d](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/aafa75d))
+* **common:** remove useless guard in HttpClient ([#19958](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19958)) ([eb01ad5](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/eb01ad5)), closes [#19223](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19223)
+* **common:** treat an empty body as null when parsing JSON in HttpClient ([#19958](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19958)) ([503be69](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/503be69)), closes [#18680](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/18680) [#19413](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19413) [#19502](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19502) [#19555](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19555)
+* **compiler:** correctly detect when to serialze summary metadata ([#20668](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/20668)) ([8bb42df](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/8bb42df))
+* **compiler-cli:** fix memory leak in program creation ([#20692](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/20692)) ([71e5de6](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/71e5de6)), closes [#20691](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/20691)
+* **compiler-cli:** normalize sourcepaths for i18n extracted files ([#20417](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/20417)) ([de78307](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/de78307)), closes [#20416](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/20416)
+* **core:** should use native addEventListener in ngZone ([#20672](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/20672)) ([65a2cb8](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/65a2cb8))
+* **language-service:** Allow empty templates ([#20651](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/20651)) ([3203069](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/3203069)), closes [#19406](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19406)
+* **language-service:** Fix crash when no script files are found ([#20550](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/20550)) ([54bfe14](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/54bfe14)), closes [#19325](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/19325)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **common:** add locale id parameter to `registerLocaleData` ([#20623](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/20623)) ([24bf3e2](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/24bf3e2))
+* **compiler-cli:** improve error messages produced during structural errors ([#20459](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/20459)) ([8ecda94](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/8ecda94))
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+
 <a name="5.0.4"></a>
 ## [5.0.4](https://github.com/angular/angular/compare/5.0.3...5.0.4) (2017-12-01)