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 # (Unreleased; add upcoming change notes here)
 
+# 0.17.0 (2019-12-19)
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 - Further refine escaping iomd returned by iodide server (#2526)
 - Add autocomplete for JS and language plugins (Pyodide working POC) (#2539)
 - Add `bytes` fetch to fetch chunks (see docs) (fixes #1786) (#2550)