From bcc0df1ebac8213d1d1dc077861487d2bde24292 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Viraj Patel <vptl185@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 05:26:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore: add release notes

---
 .spelling         |  2 ++
 HISTORY.md        | 14 ++++++++++++++
 SECURITY.md       |  4 ++--
 docs/upgrading.md |  6 ++++++
 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.spelling b/.spelling
index 72f02e5327..84cb735cf1 100644
--- a/.spelling
+++ b/.spelling
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ abci
 metaclass
 api
 gitleaks
+mistune
+dependabot
  - docs/language-agnostic-definition.md
 fetchai
 protocol_id
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 035daa2a83..8ac6c25b19 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Release History - open AEA
 
+
+## 1.17.0
+
+AEA:
+- Updates the deploy image Dockerfile to use Python 3.10
+- Updates the deploy image Dockerfile to utilize remote registry when fetching components
+- Improves handling for variables with potential none values
+
+Chore:
+- Bumps mistune to a secure version
+- Bumps protobuf dependencies to address dependabot security warning
+- Improves command regex on `scripts/check_doc_ipfs_hashes.py`
+- Cleans tox definitions and Makefile targets to align with the latest changes
+
 ## 1.16.0 (2022-08-18)
 
 AEA:
diff --git a/SECURITY.md b/SECURITY.md
index 598c17438d..97ec38f2be 100644
--- a/SECURITY.md
+++ b/SECURITY.md
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ The following table shows which versions of `open-aea` are currently being suppo
 
 | Version   | Supported          |
 | --------- | ------------------ |
-| `1.16.x`   | :white_check_mark: |
-| `< 1.16.0` | :x:                |
+| `1.17.x`   | :white_check_mark: |
+| `< 1.17.0` | :x:                |
 
 ## Reporting a Vulnerability
 
diff --git a/docs/upgrading.md b/docs/upgrading.md
index b920cd4900..472adff637 100644
--- a/docs/upgrading.md
+++ b/docs/upgrading.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ Below we describe the additional manual steps required to upgrade between differ
 
 # Open AEA
 
+## `v1.16.0` to `v1.17.0`
+
+No backwards incompatible changes.
+
+Plugins from previous versions are not compatible anymore.
+
 ## `v1.15.0` to `v1.16.0`
 
 No backwards incompatible changes, except a typo change: