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+# Scala 2.13.17 (DRAFT)
+
+The Scala team at Akka is pleased to announce Scala 2.13.17.
+
+This release is compatible with the new JDK 25 LTS.
+
+The following are highlights of this release:
+
+### Compatibility
+
+* JDK 25 support in optimizer ([#11046](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/11046))
+* Support Scala 3.7 in the TASTy reader ([#11100](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/11100))
+* When parsing Java sources, skip JDK 21+’s JEP 445 compact compilation units ([#11066](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/11066))
+
+### Breaking changes
+
+* Mix in the `productPrefix` hash statically in case class `hashCode` ([#11023](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/11023))
+    * The synthetic `hashCode` method of a case class no longer calls `productPrefix`. This changes the hash code of case classes that override `productPrefix`.
+* Improve `scala.util.Using` suppression order (`NonFatal` suppresses `ControlThrowable`) ([#11000](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/11000) by [@NthPortal](https://github.com/NthPortal))
+    * When multiple exceptions are thrown, a predefined order determines which exception is rethrown and which is attached as "suppressed"
+    * Users of scala-collection-compat can upgrade to [2.14.0](https://github.com/scala/scala-collection-compat/releases/tag/v2.14.0) to get the same behavior change
+    * If you use `Using` in a project that crossbuilds to Scala 3, you may wish to wait for a Scala 3 release that includes the 2.13.17 standard library, or use a dependency override to force the upgrade in your build
+
+### Features and notable changes
+
+* Fix `AnnotationInfo` when using named/default arguments, support custom annotation subclasses ([#10976](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/10976))
+    * Users can now define, for example, `class nodep extends annotation.nowarn("cat=deprecation")` and use `@nodep` to silence deprecations
+* Show `nowarn`/`-Wconf` filters for a warning with `@nowarn("verbose")` ([#10985](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/10985))
+* Use `toVector` for XML literal sequences ([#11065](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/11065))
+
+### Scala 3 compatibility and migration
+
+* Allow using `-Xsource-features` without `-Xsource:3` ([#11123](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/11123))
+* Lint inferred structural types ([#10942](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/10942))
+* Port `summonIgnoring` from 3.7 as `c.inferImplicitValueIgnoring` ([#11068](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/11068) by [@MateuszKubuszok](https://github.com/MateuszKubuszok))
+
+### Notable bug fixes
+
+* Allow optimizer use within Bazel (don't attempt inlining methods without instructions) ([#11016](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/11016))
+* Reduce memory footprint of evaluated elements in LazyList ([#10937](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/10937))
+* Deregister stale callbacks in `Future.firstCompletedOf` (prevents memory leaks) ([#10927](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/10927))
+* Require `-Xsource-features:eta-expand-always` for eta-expansion without an expected type ([#10907](https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/10907) by [@som-snytt](https://github.com/som-snytt))
+
+### More changes
+
+For the complete 2.13.17 change lists, see [all merged PRs](https://github.com/scala/scala/pulls?q=is%3Amerged%20milestone%3A2.13.17) and [all closed bugs](https://github.com/scala/bug/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aclosed+milestone%3A2.13.17).
+
+## Compatibility
+
+As usual for our minor releases, Scala 2.13.17 is [binary-compatible](https://docs.scala-lang.org/overviews/core/binary-compatibility-of-scala-releases.html) with the whole Scala 2.13 series.
+
+Upgrading from 2.12? Enable `-Xmigration` while upgrading to request migration advice from the compiler.
+
+## Contributors
+
+A big thank you to everyone who's helped improve Scala by reporting bugs, improving our documentation, spreading kindness in discussions around Scala, and submitting and reviewing pull requests! You are all magnificent.
+
+This release was brought to you by 23 contributors, according to `git shortlog -sn --no-merges @ ^v2.13.16 ^2.12.x`. Thank you A. P. Marki, Lukas Rytz, Seth Tisue, Alec Theriault, Jason Zaugg, Sébastien Doeraene, Scala Steward, Bernhard, Tomasz Godzik, Vasil Vasilev, Arthur Soulié, Emil Ejbyfeldt, Hamza Remmal, Jiri Vanek, Kenji Yoshida, Lorenzo Gabriele, Marissa, Mateusz Kubuszok, Matthew Lutze, Philippus Baalman, Stefan Zeiger, philwalk, 虎鸣.
+
+Thanks to [Akka](https://akka.io) for their continued sponsorship of the Scala 2 team’s efforts. Akka offers commercial support for Scala.
+
+## Scala 2.13 notes
+
+The [release notes for Scala 2.13.0](https://github.com/scala/scala/releases/v2.13.0) have important information applicable to the whole 2.13 series.
+
+## Obtaining Scala
+
+Scala releases are available through a variety of channels, including (but not limited to):
+
+* Bump the `using scala` setting in your Scala-CLI project
+* Bump the `scalaVersion` setting in your sbt or Mill project
+* Download a distribution from [scala-lang.org](https://scala-lang.org/download/2.13.17.html)
+* Obtain JARs via [Maven Central](https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:org.scala-lang%20AND%20v:2.13.17)