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 # Release Notes
 
-## Upcoming Ignition 2.17.0 (unreleased)
+## Upcoming Ignition 2.17.1 (unreleased)
 
 ### Breaking changes
 
+### Features
+
+### Changes
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+## Ignition 2.17.0 (2023-11-24)
 
 ### Features
 
 - Support the native Apple Hypervisor
 - Support Hetzner Cloud
-- A GRUB configuration suitable for use with https://github.com/coreos/bootupd
-  can now be installed; use `make install-grub-for-bootupd` to install it
+- A GRUB configuration suitable for use with https://github.com/coreos/bootupd can now be installed; 
+use `make install-grub-for-bootupd` to install it
+
 
 ### Changes