v18.17.0

18.17.0 (2026-06-10)

Enhancements

• allow placeholder-file tag in bitstream tag (DEV-6580) (#2321) (1da35bf)
• enable explicit value ordering (DEV-6596) (#2335) (8a7e2a3)
• parse placeholder value from xml (DEV-6581) (#2322) (2997c0d)
• validate-data: improve error message if wrong placeholder file type is used (DEV-6594) (#2332) (d0105be)
• validate-data: warn if placeholder is used (DEV-6583) (#2329) (1f6d367)
• xmllib: add PlaceholderFile option (DEV-6570) (#2333) (1b3b7df)
• xmlupload: process placeholder bitstream (DEV-6582) (#2327) (55658a5)
• xmlupload: use new built-in urn placeholder for missing legal info (DEV-6571) (#2323) (efffa96)

Bug Fixes

• ci: make Dependabot PRs pass e2e tests without relying on Actions secrets (#2330) (4b53172)
• ci: skip uv.lock update when no release PR is open (#2331) (e407a27)

Maintenance

• bump-stack-versions: use PAT so version-bump PR triggers tests (#2328) (2602078)
• start-stack: bump versions to 2026.06.02 (#2343) (bba504f)

Documentation

• add placeholder-file documentation (#2334) (7296129)