- Renamed osrm-prepare into osrm-contract
- osrm-contract does not need a profile parameter anymore
- New public HTTP API, find documentation [here](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/wiki/New-Server-api)
- POST support is discontinued, please use library bindings for more complex requests
- Removed timestamp plugin
- Coordinate order is now Longitude,Latitude
- Cucumber tests now based on Javascript (run with `npm test`)
- Profile API changed:
   - `forward_mode` and `backward_mode` now need to be selected from a pre-defined list
   - Global profile properties are now stored in a global `properties` element. This includes:
     - `properties.traffic_signal_penalty`
     - `properties.use_turn_restrictions`
     - `properties.u_turn_penalty`
     - `properties.allow_u_turn_at_via`

Known issues:
- Units uncovered that zero-length trips might have a duration bigger than zero #2134
- pkg-config does not work as expected, include paths might be insufficient #2195
- Position hint on requests with syntax error might be off #2193
- Queries with integer coordinates might fail to parse if `.json` is added #2173