8.17.8 and 8.18.3 release notes

[natasha-moore-elastic]

Generate the 8.17.8 and 8.18.3 release notes, and publish them before or on the release day.

Feature freeze: Tue, Jun 17 2025
Merge release notes by: Mon, Jun 23 2025
Anticipated release date: Tue, Jun 24 2025
Docs release issues:

• https://github.com/elastic/dev/issues/3177
• https://github.com/elastic/dev/issues/3182

To-do

8.17.8

• Draft the release notes
• Add the release notes PR to the docs release issue
• Known issues:
  • Carry forward known issues that haven't been fixed yet
  • Update the summaries of known issues that were "fixed" in the current release (add fix details)
  • Document new known issues
• Merge the Security release notes PR

8.18.3

• Draft the release notes
• Add the release notes PR to the docs release issue
• Known issues:
  • Carry forward known issues that haven't been fixed yet
  • Update the summaries of known issues that were "fixed" in the current release (add fix details)
  • Document new known issues
• Merge the Security release notes PR