Vitess v2.17.0-rc1

What's Changed

• [main] Bump version.go to 2.16.0 by @systay in #725
• add a warning in the CRD about hex width by @frouioui in #724
• Update compatibility list by @systay in #726
• Upgrade tested versions by @systay in #729
• update to newer versions by @systay in #734
• add vtbackup extraflags support by @jdoupe in #720
• Enable support for v0.15.0 and later mysqld_exporter by @mattlord in #737
• fix overwrite of cluster-level default images by @frouioui in #713
• Upgrade Vitess Dependency to Latest by @github-actions[bot] in #743
• vttablet: trigger rolling restart when storage size changes by @GenLN in #742
• Bump k8s.io/kubernetes from 1.34.1 to 1.34.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #745
• Add initial dependabot config by @mattlord in #748
• Sync init_db.sql with upstream vitess by @nickvanw in #753
• Bump golang from 1.25.6 to 1.26.0 in /build in the all group across 1 directory by @dependabot[bot] in #749
• Bump the all group with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #750
• Bump go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk from 1.38.0 to 1.40.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #755
• Ensure that binary logs for PITR are in a shared directory by @mattlord in #541
• Use go 1.26 for upgrade workflow by @mattlord in #760
• Bump K8s Version Support by @mattlord in #761
• Update reviewers for vitess dep upgrade PRs by @mattlord in #763
• Upgrade Vitess Dependency to Latest by @github-actions[bot] in #762
• Limit the maximum number of reconciled backups by @mattlord in #759
• Bump k8s.io/kubernetes from 1.35.2 to 1.35.3 in the all group by @dependabot[bot] in #769
• Backups: Add support for cluster and keyspace level backup schedules by @mattlord in #758
• Bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.79.2 to 1.79.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #766
• Bump github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 from 4.1.3 to 4.1.4 by @dependabot[bot] in #772
• Bump actions/setup-go from 6.3.0 to 6.4.0 in the all group by @dependabot[bot] in #773
• Add backupMethod field to VitessBackupSchedule by @nickvanw in #771
• Bump github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3 from 1.96.4 to 1.99.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #774
• Add a 14 day dependency cooldown to the Dependabot config by @Sinjo in #776
• Bump go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk from 1.40.0 to 1.43.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #775
• Use go1.26.2 and bump go deps by @mattlord in #777
• Upgrade Vitess dependency in preparation for v2.17.0 release by @mattlord in #778

New Contributors

• @jdoupe made their first contribution in #720
• @GenLN made their first contribution in #742
• @Sinjo made their first contribution in #776

Full Changelog: v2.16.0...v2.17.0-rc1