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@@ -4,6 +4,314 @@ This changelog goes through all the changes that have been made in each release
 without substantial changes to our git log; to see the highlights of what has
 been added to each release, please refer to the [blog](https://blog.gitea.io).
 
+## [1.17.0](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.17.0) - 2022-07-30
+
+* BREAKING
+  * Require go1.18 for Gitea 1.17 (#19918)
+  * Make AppDataPath absolute against the AppWorkPath if it is not (#19815)
+  * Nuke the incorrect permission report on /api/v1/notifications (#19761)
+  * Refactor git module, make Gitea use internal git config (#19732)
+  * Remove `RequireHighlightJS` field, update plantuml example. (#19615)
+  * Increase minimal required git version to 2.0 (#19577)
+  * Add a directory prefix `gitea-src-VERSION` to release-tar-file (#19396)
+  * Use "main" as default branch name (#19354)
+  * Make cron task no notice on success (#19221)
+  * Add pam account authorization check (#19040)
+  * Show messages for users if the ROOT_URL is wrong, show JavaScript errors (#18971)
+  * Refactor mirror code & fix StartToMirror (#18904)
+  * Remove deprecated SSH ciphers from default (#18697)
+  * Add the possibility to allow the user to have a favicon which differs from the main logo (#18542)
+  * Update reserved usernames list (#18438)
+  * Support custom ACME provider (#18340)
+  * Change initial TrustModel to committer (#18335)
+  * Update HTTP status codes (#18063)
+  * Upgrade Alpine from 3.13 to 3.15 (#18050)
+  * Restrict email address validation (#17688)
+  * Refactor Router Logger (#17308)
+* SECURITY
+  * Use git.HOME_PATH for Git HOME directory (#20114) (#20293)
+  * Add write check for creating Commit Statuses (#20332) (#20333)
+  * Remove deprecated SSH ciphers from default (#18697)
+* FEDERATION
+  * Return statistic information for nodeinfo (#19561)
+  * Add Webfinger endpoint (#19462)
+  * Store the foreign ID of issues during migration (#18446)
+* FEATURES
+  * Automatically render wiki TOC (#19873)
+  * Adding button to link accounts from user settings (#19792)
+  * Allow set default merge style while creating repo (#19751)
+  * Auto merge pull requests when all checks succeeded (#9307 & #19648)
+  * Improve reviewing PR UX (#19612)
+  * Add support for rendering console output with colors (#19497)
+  * Add Helm Chart registry (#19406)
+  * Add Goroutine stack inspector to admin/monitor (#19207)
+  * RSS/Atom support for Orgs & Repos (#17714 & #19055)
+  * Add button for issue deletion (#19032)
+  * Allow to mark files in a PR as viewed (#19007)
+  * Add Index to comment for migrations and mirroring (#18806)
+  * Add health check endpoint (#18465)
+  * Add packagist webhook (#18224)
+  * Add "Allow edits from maintainer" feature (#18002)
+  * Add apply-patch, basic revert and cherry-pick functionality (#17902)
+  * Add Package Registry (#16510)
+  * Add LDAP group sync to Teams (#16299)
+  * Pause queues (#15928)
+  * Added auto-save whitespace behavior if it changed manually (#15566)
+  * Find files in repo (#15028)
+  * Provide configuration to allow camo-media proxying (#12802)
+* API
+  * Add endpoint to serve blob or LFS file content (#19689)
+  * Add endpoint to check if team has repo access (#19540)
+  * More commit info (#19252)
+  * Allow to create file on empty repo (#19224)
+  * Allow removing issues (#18879)
+  * Add endpoint to query collaborators permission for a repository (#18761)
+  * Return primary language and repository language stats API URL (#18396)
+  * Implement http signatures support for the API (#17565)
+* ENHANCEMENTS
+  * Make notification bell more prominent on mobile (#20108, #20236, #20251) (#20269)
+  * Adjust max-widths for the repository file table (#20243) (#20247)
+  * Display full name (#20171) (#20246)
+  * Add dbconsistency checks for Stopwatches (#20010)
+  * Add fetch.writeCommitGraph to gitconfig (#20006)
+  * Add fgprof pprof profiler (#20005)
+  * Move agit dependency (#19998)
+  * Empty log queue on flush and close (#19994)
+  * Remove tab/TabName usage where it's not needed (#19973)
+  * Improve file header on mobile (#19945)
+  * Move issues related files into models/issues (#19931)
+  * Add breaking email restrictions checker in doctor (#19903)
+  * Improve UX on modal for deleting an access token (#19894)
+  * Add alt text to logo (#19892)
+  * Move some code into models/git (#19879)
+  * Remove customized (unmaintained) dropdown, improve aria a11y for dropdown (#19861)
+  * Make user profile image show full image on mobile (#19840)
+  * Replace blue button and label classes with primary (#19763)
+  * Remove fomantic progress module (#19760)
+  * Allows repo search to match against "owner/repo" pattern strings (#19754)
+  * Move org functions (#19753)
+  * Move almost all functions' parameter db.Engine to context.Context (#19748)
+  * Show source/target branches on PR's list (#19747)
+  * Use http.StatusTemporaryRedirect(307) when serve avatar directly (#19739)
+  * Add doctor orphan check for orphaned pull requests without an existing base repo  (#19731)
+  * Make Ctrl+Enter (quick submit) work for issue comment and wiki editor (#19729)
+  * Update go-chi/cache to utilize Ping() (#19719)
+  * Improve commit list/view on mobile (#19712)
+  * Move some repository related code into sub package (#19711)
+  * Use a better OlderThan for DeleteInactiveUsers (#19693)
+  * Introduce eslint-plugin-jquery (#19690)
+  * Tidy up `<head>` template (#19678)
+  * Calculate filename hash only once (#19654)
+  * Simplify `IsVendor` (#19626)
+  * Add "Reference" section to Issue view sidebar (#19609)
+  * Only set CanColorStdout / CanColorStderr to true if the stdout/stderr is a terminal (#19581)
+  * Use for a repo action one database transaction (#19576)
+  * Simplify loops to copy (#19569)
+  * Added X-Mailer header to outgoing emails (#19562)
+  * use middleware to open gitRepo (#19559)
+  * Mute link in diff header (#19556)
+  * Improve UI on mobile (#19546)
+  * Fix Pull Request comment filename word breaks (#19535)
+  * Permalink files In PR diff (#19534)
+  * PullService lock via pullID (#19520)
+  * Make repository file list useable on mobile (#19515)
+  * more context for models  (#19511)
+  * Refactor readme file renderer (#19502)
+  * By default force vertical tabs on mobile (#19486)
+  * Github style following followers (#19482)
+  * Improve action table indices (#19472)
+  * Use horizontal tabs for repo header on mobile (#19468)
+  * pass gitRepo down since its used for main repo and wiki (#19461)
+  * Admin should not delete himself (#19423)
+  * Use queue instead of memory queue in webhook send service (#19390)
+  * Simplify the code to get issue count (#19380)
+  * Add commit status popup to issuelist (#19375)
+  * Add RSS Feed buttons to Repo, User and Org pages (#19370)
+  * Add logic to switch between source/rendered on Markdown (#19356)
+  * Move some helper files out of models (#19355)
+  * Move access and repo permission to models/perm/access (#19350)
+  * Disallow selecting the text of buttons (#19330)
+  * Allow custom redirect for landing page (#19324)
+  * Remove dependent on session auth for api/v1 routers (#19321)
+  * Never use /api/v1 from Gitea UI Pages (#19318)
+  * Remove legacy unmaintained packages, refactor to support change default locale (#19308)
+  * Move milestone to models/issues/ (#19278)
+  * Configure OpenSSH log level via Environment in Docker (#19274)
+  * Move reaction to models/issues/ (#19264)
+  * Make git.OpenRepository accept Context (#19260)
+  * Move some issue methods as functions (#19255)
+  * Show last cron messages on monitor page (#19223)
+  * New cron task: delete old system notices (#19219)
+  * Add Redis Sentinel Authentication Support (#19213)
+  * Add auto logging of goroutine pid label (#19212)
+  * Set OpenGraph title to DisplayName in profile pages  (#19206)
+  * Add pprof labels in processes and for lifecycles (#19202)
+  * Let web and API routes have different auth methods group (#19168)
+  * Move init repository related functions to modules (#19159)
+  * Feeds: render markdown to html (#19058)
+  * Allow users to self-request a PR review (#19030)
+  * Allow render HTML with css/js external links (#19017)
+  * Fix script compatiable with OpenWrt (#19000)
+  * Support ignore all santize for external renderer (#18984)
+  * Add note to GPG key response if user has no keys (#18961)
+  * Improve Stopwatch behavior (#18930)
+  * Improve mirror iterator (#18928)
+  * Uncapitalize errors (#18915)
+  * Prevent Stats Indexer reporting error if repo dir missing (#18870)
+  * Refactor SecToTime() function (#18863)
+  * Replace deprecated String.prototype.substr() with String.prototype.slice() (#18796)
+  * Move deletebeans into models/db (#18781)
+  * Fix display time of milestones (#18753)
+  * Add config option to disable "Update branch by rebase" (#18745)
+  * Display template path of current page in dev mode (#18717)
+  * Add number in queue status to monitor page (#18712)
+  * Change git.cmd to RunWithContext (#18693)
+  * Refactor i18n, use Locale to provide i18n/translation related functions (#18648)
+  * Delete old git.NewCommand() and use it as git.NewCommandContext() (#18552)
+  * Move organization related structs into sub package (#18518)
+  * Warn at startup if the provided `SCRIPT_TYPE` is not on the PATH (#18467)
+  * Use `CryptoRandomBytes` instead of `CryptoRandomString` (#18439)
+  * Use explicit jQuery import, remove unused eslint globals (#18435)
+  * Allow to filter repositories by language in explore, user and organization repositories lists (#18430)
+  * Use base32 for 2FA scratch token (#18384)
+  * Unexport var git.GlobalCommandArgs (#18376)
+  * Don't underline commit status icon on hover (#18372)
+  * Always use git command but not os.Command (#18363)
+  * Switch to non-deprecation setting (#18358)
+  * Set the LastModified header for raw files (#18356)
+  * Refactor jwt.StandardClaims to RegisteredClaims (#18344)
+  * Enable deprecation error for v1.17.0 (#18341)
+  * Refactor httplib (#18338)
+  * Limit max-height of CodeMirror editors for issue comment and wiki (#18271)
+  * Validate migration files (#18203)
+  * Format with gofumpt (#18184)
+  * Allow custom default merge message with .gitea/default_merge_message/<merge_style>_TEMPLATE.md (#18177)
+  * Prettify number of issues (#17760)
+  * Add a "admin user generate-access-token" subcommand (#17722)
+  * Custom regexp external issues (#17624)
+  * Add smtp password to install page (#17564)
+  * Add config options to hide issue events (#17414)
+  * Prevent double click new issue/pull/comment button (#16157)
+  * Show issue assignee on project board (#15232)
+* BUGFIXES
+  * WebAuthn CredentialID field needs to be increased in size (#20530) (#20555)
+  * Ensure that all unmerged files are merged when conflict checking (#20528) (#20536)
+  * Stop logging EOFs and exit(1)s in ssh handler (#20476) (#20529)
+  * Add labels to two buttons that were missing them (#20419) (#20524)
+  * Fix ROOT_URL detection for URLs without trailing slash (#20502) (#20503)
+  * Dismiss prior pull reviews if done via web in review dismiss (#20197) (#20407)
+  * Allow RSA 2047 bit keys (#20272) (#20396)
+  * Add missing return for when topic isn't found (#20351) (#20395)
+  * Fix commit status icon when in subdirectory (#20285) (#20385)
+  * Initialize cron last (#20373) (#20384)
+  * Set target on create release with existing tag (#20381) (#20382)
+  * Update xorm.io/xorm to fix a interpreting db column sizes issue on 32bit systems (#20371) (#20372)
+  * Make sure `repo_dir` is an empty directory or doesn't exist before 'dump-repo' (#20205) (#20370)
+  * Prevent context deadline error propagation in GetCommitsInfo (#20346) (#20361)
+  * Correctly handle draft releases without a tag (#20314) (#20335)
+  * Prevent "empty" scrollbars on Firefox (#20294) (#20308)
+  * Refactor SSH init code, fix directory creation for TrustedUserCAKeys file (#20299) (#20306)
+  * Bump goldmark to v1.4.13 (#20300) (#20301)
+  * Do not create empty ".ssh" directory when loading config (#20289) (#20298)
+  * Fix NPE when using non-numeric (#20277) (#20278)
+  * Store read access in access for team repositories (#20275) (#20276)
+  * EscapeFilter the group dn membership (#20200) (#20254)
+  * Only show Followers that current user can access (#20220) (#20252)
+  * Update Bluemonday to v1.0.19 (#20199) (#20209)
+  * Refix indices on actions table (#20158) (#20198)
+  * Check if project has the same repository id with issue when assign project to issue (#20133) (#20188)
+  * Fix remove file on initial comment (#20127) (#20128)
+  * Catch the error before the response is processed by goth (#20000) (#20102)
+  * Dashboard feed respect setting.UI.FeedPagingNum again (#20094) (#20099)
+  * Alter hook_task TEXT fields to LONGTEXT (#20038) (#20041)
+  * Respond with a 401 on git push when password isn't changed yet (#20026) (#20027)
+  * Return 404 when tag is broken (#20017) (#20024)
+  * Alter hook_task TEXT fields to LONGTEXT (#20038) (#20041)
+  * Respond with a 401 on git push when password isn't changed yet (#20026) (#20027)
+  * Return 404 when tag is broken (#20017) (#20024)
+  * Write Commit-Graphs in RepositoryDumper (#20004)
+  * Use DisplayName() instead of FullName in Oauth Provider (#19991)
+  * Don't buffer doctor logger (#19982)
+  * Always try to fetch repo for mirrors (#19975)
+  * Uppercase first languages letters (#19965)
+  * Fix cli command restore-repo: "units" should be parsed as StringSlice (#19953)
+  * Ensure minimum mirror interval is reported on settings page (#19895)
+  * Exclude Archived repos from Dashboard Milestones (#19882)
+  * gitconfig: set safe.directory = * (#19870)
+  * Prevent NPE on update mirror settings (#19864)
+  * Only return valid stopwatches to the EventSource (#19863)
+  * Prevent NPE whilst migrating if there is a team request review (#19855)
+  * Fix inconsistency in doctor output (#19836)
+  * Fix release tag for webhook (#19830)
+  * Add title attribute to dependencies in sidebar (#19807)
+  * Estimate Action Count in Statistics (#19775)
+  * Do not update user stars numbers unless fix is specified (#19750)
+  * Improved ref comment link when origin is body/title (#19741)
+  * Fix nodeinfo caching and prevent NPE if cache non-existent (#19721)
+  * Fix duplicate entry error when add team member (#19702)
+  * Fix sending empty notifications (#19589)
+  * Update image URL for Discord webhook (#19536)
+  * Don't let repo clone URL overflow (#19517)
+  * Allow commit status popup on /pulls page (#19507)
+  * Fix two UI bugs: JS error in imagediff.js, 500 error in diff/compare.tmpl (#19494)
+  * Fix logging of Transfer API (#19456)
+  * Fix panic in teams API when requesting members (#19360)
+  * Refactor CSRF protection modules, make sure CSRF tokens can be up-to-date. (#19337)
+  * An attempt to sync a non-mirror repo must give 400 (Bad Request) (#19300)
+  * Move checks for pulls before merge into own function (#19271)
+  * Fix `contrib/upgrade.sh` (#19222)
+  * Set the default branch for repositories generated from templates (#19136)
+  * Fix EasyMDE error when input Enter (#19004)
+  * Don't clean up hardcoded `tmp` (#18983)
+  * Delete related notifications on issue deletion too (#18953)
+  * Fix trace log to show value instead of pointers (#18926)
+  * Fix behavior or checkbox submission. (#18851)
+  * Add `ContextUser` (#18798)
+  * Fix some mirror bugs (#18649)
+  * Quote MAKE to prevent path expansion with space error (#18622)
+  * Preserve users if restoring a repository on the same Gitea instance (#18604)
+  * Fix non-ASCII search on database  (#18437)
+  * Automatically pause queue if index service is unavailable (#15066)
+* TESTING
+  * Allow postgres integration tests to run over unix pipe (#19875)
+  * Prevent intermittent NPE in queue tests (#19301)
+  * Add test for importing pull requests in gitea uploader for migrations (#18752)
+  * Remove redundant comparison in repo dump/restore (#18660)
+  * More repo dump/restore tests, including pull requests  (#18621)
+  * Add test coverage for original author conversion during migrations (#18506)
+* TRANSLATION
+  * Update issue_no_dependencies description (#19112)
+  * Refactor webhooks i18n (#18380)
+* BUILD
+  * Use alpine 3.16 (#19797)
+  * Require node 14.0 (#19451)
+* DOCS
+  * Update documents (git/fomantic/db, etc) (#19868)
+  * Update the ROOT documentation and error messages (#19832)
+  * Update document to use FHS `/usr/local/bin/gitea` instead of `/app/...` for Docker (#19794)
+  * Update documentation to disable duration settings with -1 instead of 0 (#19647)
+  * Add warning to set SENDMAIL_ARGS to --  (#19102)
+  * Update nginx reverse proxy docs (#18922)
+  * Add example to render html files (#18736)
+  * Make SSH passtrough documentation better (#18687)
+  * Changelog 1.16.0 & 1.15.11 (#18468 & #18455)  (#18470)
+  * Update the SSH passthrough documentation (#18366)
+  * Add `contrib/upgrade.sh` (#18286)
+* MISC
+  * Fix aria for logo (#19955)
+  * In code search, get code unit accessible repos in one (main) query (#19764)
+  * Add tooltip to pending PR comments (#19662)
+  * Improve sync performance for pull-mirrors (#19125)
+  * Improve dashboard's repo list performance (#18963)
+  * Avoid database lookups for `DescriptionHTML` (#18924)
+  * Remove CodeMirror dependencies (#18911)
+  * Disable unnecessary mirroring elements (#18527)
+  * Disable unnecessary OpenID/OAuth2 elements (#18491)
+  * Disable unnecessary GitHooks elements (#18485)
+  * Change some logging levels (#18421)
+  * Prevent showing webauthn error for every time visiting `/user/settings/security` (#18385)
+  * Use correct translation key for errors (#18342)
+
 ## [1.16.9](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.16.9) - 2022-07-12
 
 * SECURITY
@@ -160,7 +468,7 @@ been added to each release, please refer to the [blog](https://blog.gitea.io).
 ## [1.16.3](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.16.3) - 2022-03-02
 
 * SECURITY
-* Git backend ignore replace objects (#18979) (#18980)
+  * Git backend ignore replace objects (#18979) (#18980)
 * ENHANCEMENTS
   * Adjust error for already locked db and prevent level db lock on malformed connstr (#18923) (#18938)
 * BUGFIXES