v1.17.0

Added

• Feat: Add Batch Processor module in (#1317) by @scottgerring and @mriccia
• Feat: Add SNS+SQS large messages module (#1310) by @jeromevdl

Maintenance

• fix: use default credentials provider for all provided SDK clients in (#1303) by @roamingthings
• Chore: Make request for Logger explicitly for current class in (#1307) by @jreijn
• Chore: checkstyle formater & linter in (#1316) by @jeromevdl
• Chore: Add powertools specific user-agent-suffix to the AWS SDK v2 clients by @eldimi in (#1306)
• Chore: Add 'v2' branch to build workflows to prepare for v2 work in (#1341) by @scottgerring
• Deps: Bump third party dependencies to the latest versions.

Documentation

• Docs: Add maintainers guide in (#1326) by @scottgerring
• Docs: improve contributing guide in (#1334) by @jeromevdl
• Docs: Improve example documentation in (#1291) by @scottgerring
• Docs: Add discord + sec disclosure links to readme in (#1311) by @scottgerring
• Docs: Add external examples from AWS SAM CLI App Templates in (#1318) by @AlexeySoshin
• Docs: Add CDK example in (#1321) by @AlexeySoshin

This release was made possible by the following contributors:

@eldimi, @jreijn, @roamingthings, @AlexeySoshin, @jeromevdl, @mriccia, and @scottgerring