Bump version to 0.17.2 (astral-sh#29637)

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.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_bug_report.yaml

@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: Version
       description: What version of ruff are you using? (see `ruff version`)
-      placeholder: e.g., ruff 0.17.1
+      placeholder: e.g., ruff 0.17.2
     validations:
       required: false

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_question.yaml

@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: Version
       description: What version of ruff are you using? (see `ruff version`)
-      placeholder: e.g., ruff 0.17.1
+      placeholder: e.g., ruff 0.17.2
     validations:
       required: false

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,48 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.17.2
+
+Released on 2026-10-22.
+
+### Preview features
+
+- \[`complexity`\] Add `unnecessary-regular-expression-compile` ([#25533](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/pull/25533))
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+- Avoid syntax errors for type variables with starred constraints (`UP040`, `UP046`, `UP047`, `RUF053`) ([#28362](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/pull/28362))
+- \[`pydocstyle`\] Treat backslash-escaped `*args` and `**kwargs` as documented (`D417`) ([#29536](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/pull/29536))
+- \[`pylint`\] Avoid false positive on starred elements (`PLE0643`) ([#29483](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/pull/29483))
+- \[`pylint`\] Mark fixes unsafe when deleting comments (`PLR5501`, `PLW0120`) ([#29414](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/pull/29414))
+- \[`pyupgrade`\] Mark fix unsafe when deleting comments (`UP035`) ([#29413](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/pull/29413))
+
+### Performance
+
+- Avoid intermediate names in lint name resolution ([#29506](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/pull/29506))
+- Prefilter bidirectional Unicode checks by UTF-8 leading bytes ([#29561](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/pull/29561))
+- Share postfix parsing and reduce expression copies ([#29480](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/pull/29480))
+
+### Configuration
+
+- \[`pylint`\] Add a configurable allowlist for `magic-value-comparison` (`PLR2004`) ([#18961](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/pull/18961))
+
+### Documentation
+
+- Clarify documentation and correct stale guidance ([#29374](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/pull/29374))
+- \[`pyupgrade`\] Remove mentions of variance related to fix safety (`UP040`, `UP047`) ([#29592](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/pull/29592))
+
+### Contributors
+
+- [@fixfon](https://github.com/fixfon)
+- [@MichaReiser](https://github.com/MichaReiser)
+- [@zaniebot](https://github.com/zaniebot)
+- [@FrancescoPezzella](https://github.com/FrancescoPezzella)
+- [@anishgirianish](https://github.com/anishgirianish)
+- [@rajveer3x](https://github.com/rajveer3x)
+- [@charliermarsh](https://github.com/charliermarsh)
+- [@LckyLike](https://github.com/LckyLke)
+- [@DaniBodor](https://github.com/DaniBodor)
+
 ## 0.17.1
 
 Released on 2026-10-15.