Commit 50d4e84

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/compare/v1.17.0-rc...v1.17.0)

**Fixed bugs:**

- Fix validation bug in FleetAutoscaler [\#2242](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/2242) ([yoshd](https://github.com/yoshd))

**Closed issues:**

- Release 1.17.0-rc [\#2231](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/2231)

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/compare/v1.16.0...v1.17.0-rc)

- Respectful code cleanup No.1 [\#2107](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/2107) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))

- aks setup improvements [\#2103](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/2103) ([dzmitry-lahoda](https://github.com/dzmitry-lahoda))

- e2e test: Update Fleet replicas 0 with Spec change [\#2095](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/2095) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))

- Add Afterverse logo [\#2092](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/2092) ([jose-cieni-afterverse](https://github.com/jose-cieni-afterverse))

- Upgrade to Hugo 0.82.1 [\#2085](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/2085) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))

- Add rust SDK functionality table [\#2082](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/2082) ([domgreen](https://github.com/domgreen))

- Adding Functionality table for go SDK [\#2081](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/2081) ([domgreen](https://github.com/domgreen))

- Minor updates to the release checklist. [\#2080](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/2080) ([roberthbailey](https://github.com/roberthbailey))

- Prep for the 1.15.0 release. [\#2079](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/2079) ([roberthbailey](https://github.com/roberthbailey))

- Documenting unity SDK functionality [\#2076](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/2076) ([domgreen](https://github.com/domgreen))

- Rename MetaPatch to Metadata for AllocationRequest [\#2070](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/2070) ([lambertwang](https://github.com/lambertwang))

**Merged pull requests:**

- Release 1.14.0 [\#2078](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/2078) ([roberthbailey](https://github.com/roberthbailey))

- Add Netspeak Games logo [\#2073](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/2073) ([domgreen](https://github.com/domgreen))

- Suppress the long shell command to test for a file existence so that [\#2072](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/2072) ([roberthbailey](https://github.com/roberthbailey))

- Updates to the release checklist, based on cutting my first release candidate. [\#2068](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/2068) ([roberthbailey](https://github.com/roberthbailey))

- Helm default values in docs \(related to controller limits\) match chart default values [\#1755](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1755) ([pgilfillan](https://github.com/pgilfillan))

- Best practices for game server shutdown [\#1752](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1752) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))

- Remove Deployment Manager from build/ [\#1750](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1750) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))

**Merged pull requests:**

- Release 1.8.0 Release Candidate [\#1746](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1746) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))

- Switch gcloud-test-cluster to Terraform [\#1738](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1738) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))

- Added several tests for metrics package [\#1735](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1735) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))

- Tests update: gameserversets-controllers added missing test cases [\#1727](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1727) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))

- Grafana - add namespace to distinguish fleets with the same name [\#1597](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1597) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))

- C\# SDK Cleanup & Nuget Package [\#1596](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1596) ([rcreasey](https://github.com/rcreasey))

- Adding AccelByte in Companies using Agones list [\#1593](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1593) ([accelbyte-raymond](https://github.com/accelbyte-raymond))

- Move ContainerPortAllocation to beta [\#1577](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1577) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))

- New metric - state duration [\#1468](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1468) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))

- Update edit-first-gameserver-go.md [\#1595](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1595) ([minho-comcom-ai](https://github.com/minho-comcom-ai))

- Remove redundant "helm test" pod from "install.yaml" [\#1591](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1591) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))

- Preparation for 1.7.0 [\#1589](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1589) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))

- Improved Fleets - controller tests [\#1547](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1547) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))

- CI: Add one more E2E tests run with all feature gates disabled [\#1546](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1546) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))

- Improved fleetautoscalers - fleetautoscalers\_test.go unit tests + applyWebhookPolicy refactoring [\#1531](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1531) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))

- Update Debian image version for SDK base [\#1511](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1511) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/compare/v1.6.0-rc...v1.6.0)

**Fixed bugs:**

- Fix the Unreal Plugin's GetGameServer [\#1581](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1581) ([dotcom](https://github.com/dotcom))

**Merged pull requests:**

- Fix Local SDK nil Players with test [\#1572](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1572) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))

- Fixed a typo sercerCA -\> serverCa [\#1567](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1567) ([pooneh-m](https://github.com/pooneh-m))

- Player Tracking Proto: Players =\> players [\#1560](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1560) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))

**Merged pull requests:**

- Website: A number of corrections in the docs [\#1466](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1466) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))

- Website: Fix path in swagger command [\#1462](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1462) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))

- Use go modules for a website and update go version [\#1457](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1457) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))

- Switch godoc.org links to pkg.go.dev [\#1394](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1394) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))

- Fixed mangled lists in C++ guide [\#1393](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1393) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))

- Preparation for 1.5.0 Release [\#1391](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1391) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))

- AKS use supported version of Kubernetes 1.14 [\#1385](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1385) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))

- Fix for AKS recent provider change [\#1380](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1380) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))

- Terraform make targets: Switch from the plane structure to module terraform config [\#1375](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1375) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))

**Merged pull requests:**

- Release 1.4.0 [\#1388](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1388) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))

- Removed dockerfile from build-allocation-images [\#1382](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1382) ([akremsa](https://github.com/akremsa))

- Fix the link to cert.sh [\#1381](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1381) ([pooneh-m](https://github.com/pooneh-m))

- Add crd-client image to release template [\#1378](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1378) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))

- Fix cleanup Agones resources script [\#1240](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1240) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))

- Fix documentation for multi-cluster allocation [\#1235](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1235) ([pooneh-m](https://github.com/pooneh-m))

- Health Checking: Fix doc errors and expand [\#1233](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1233) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))

**Security fixes:**

**Fixed bugs:**

- `agones.allocator.http.expose` and `agones.allocator.http.response` are documented but not consumed by Helm [\#1216](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/1216)

- Fix documentation for allocator helm args [\#1221](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1221) ([pooneh-m](https://github.com/pooneh-m))

- Setting Unreal plugin version to 3 [\#1209](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/1209) ([domgreen](https://github.com/domgreen))

- Fix minikube developer experience [\#898](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/898) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))

- Fix timeout on Terraform Helm install agones step [\#890](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/890) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))

- Flaky: TestGameServerPassthroughPort [\#863](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/863) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))

**Security fixes:**

- GS Shutdown sdk calls sometimes failed/timeout and leave Gameservers behind [\#624](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/624)

- Adding apiGroup to roleRef for gameservice-allocator [\#825](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/825) ([pooneh-m](https://github.com/pooneh-m))

- Add ShutdownReplicas count [\#810](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/810) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))

- Fix publishDate on unreal docs [\#793](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/793) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))

- Flaky: TestAllocator [\#789](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/789) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))

- Prevent race conditions by syncing node cache on GameServer controller [\#782](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/782) ([markmandel](https://github.com/markmandel))

- Adding a section in the documentation about deploying Agones using GCP Marketplace. [\#664](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/664) ([bbf](https://github.com/bbf))

- Add Agones Kubernetes API docs generator [\#645](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/645) ([aLekSer](https://github.com/aLekSer))

- Added support for persisting logs in 'emptyDir' volume attached to agones controller. [\#620](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/620) ([jkowalski](https://github.com/jkowalski))

- Emit stress test metrics in Fortio format. [\#586](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/586) ([jkowalski](https://github.com/jkowalski))

- Add Node.js SDK and example - closes \#538 [\#581](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/581) ([steven-supersolid](https://github.com/steven-supersolid))

- Cpp sdk cmake [\#464](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/pull/464) ([dsazonoff](https://github.com/dsazonoff))

**Implemented enhancements:**

- Register GameServers with local IP addresses [\#469](https://github.com/googleforgames/agones/issues/469)

**Fixed bugs:**