Release of v17.0.6

[systay]

This release is scheduled for Wed 13 Mar 2024

Prerequisites for Release

• Notify the community on Slack.
• Make sure the release notes summary is prepared and clean.
• Make sure backport Pull Requests are merged, list below.
  • [release-17.0] Update all actions setup to latest versions (#15443) #15444
  • Fix docs for unmanaged tablets #15437
  • [release-17.0] Bumps deps and use proper Go version in upgrade tests #15408
  • [release-17.0] TxThrottler: dont throttle unless lag (#14789) #15189
  • [release-17.0] Fix docs for unmanaged tablets (#15437) #15472
  • [release-17.0] Release of v17.0.6 #15479
• Make sure release blocker Issues are closed, list below.

Pre-Release

• Code Freeze.
  • [release-17.0] Code Freeze for v17.0.6 #15478
• Create Release PR.
  • [release-17.0] Release of v17.0.6 #15479
• Create new GitHub Milestone.
  • https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/milestone/54

Release

• Merge the Release PR.
  • [release-17.0] Release of v17.0.6 #15479
• Tag the release.
  • https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v17.0.6
• Update release notes on main.
  • Copy v17.0.6 release notes on main #15486
• Go back to dev mode on the release branch.
  • [release-17.0] Bump to v17.0.7-SNAPSHOT after the v17.0.6 release #15487
• Update the website documentation.
• Make sure the release is benchmarked by arewefastyet.
• Docker Images available on DockerHub.
• Close current GitHub Milestone.
  • https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/milestone/50

Post-Release

• Notify the community on Slack for the new release.
• Twitter announcement.
• Close this Issue.

[systay]

Release completed.