From e2b9633d3af143b17ecd25afb30953e761359fdc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?S=C3=A9bastien=20Besson?= <sbesson@glencoesoftware.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 13:59:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Automatically generate notes on GitHub release

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 69bf11492c7..f22ce91294b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ jobs:
           cd target
           tag_name="${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
           sha256sum ./*.zip >> SHASUMS
-          gh release create "$tag_name" ./*.zip SHASUMS
+          gh release create  --generate-notes "$tag_name" ./*.zip SHASUMS
         env: 
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

From e85f3e0b103b2b28808fd5e11fa3a2a0865091f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?S=C3=A9bastien=20Besson?= <sbesson@glencoesoftware.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 13:59:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Add version history for the release of OMERO.server
 5.6.17

---
 history.rst | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/history.rst b/history.rst
index 6577750c033..24cd58929be 100644
--- a/history.rst
+++ b/history.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,36 @@
 OMERO version history
 =====================
 
+5.6.17 (February 2026)
+----------------------
+
+This is a bug-fix release of OMERO.server which includes:
+
+- an upgrade of Bio-Formats from 8.2.0 to 8.4.0. The new version will invalidate
+  previous Bio-Formats cache files. Please refer to the upgrade documentation
+  for further information.
+- an upgrade of the OMERO scripts from 5.9.1 to 5.10.0. The new version includes
+  several bug fixes as well as the ability to specify custom labels in the Split
+  View Figure script
+
+The IceGrid templates have been updated to use a local temporary directory, `var/tmp`,
+for the Java processes. This change allows the server and notably Bio-Formats to remain
+fully functional on hardened environments where the `noexec` mount option has been set on
+the `/tmp` partitition.
+
+This version of OMERO.server has been tested with OMERO.py 5.22.0 and OMERO.web 5.30.1. We
+recommend to upgrade Python version to at least 3.10 and Django to version 5.2.
+
+The following OMERO.server dependencies have been upgraded:
+
+- `org.openmicroscopy:omero-blitz` from 5.8.3 to 5.8.4
+- `org.openmicroscopy:omero-common` from 5.7.3 to 5.7.4
+- `org.openmicroscopy:omero-gateway-java` from 5.10.3 to 5.10.5
+- `org.openmicroscopy:omero-model` from 5.7.3 to 5.7.4
+- `org.openmicroscopy:omero-server` from 5.7.3 to 5.7.4
+- `org.openmicroscopy:omero-renderer` from 5.6.3 to 5.6.4
+- `org.openmicroscopy:omero-romio` from 5.8.3 to 5.8.4
+
 5.6.16 (June 2025)
 ------------------
 

From d323fc5e07fe69f4d2e13a5388000dd74ac552ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?S=C3=A9bastien=20Besson?= <sbesson@glencoesoftware.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:37:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Bump recommended OMERO.web version in release notes

---
 history.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/history.rst b/history.rst
index 24cd58929be..46509dfe6ec 100644
--- a/history.rst
+++ b/history.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ for the Java processes. This change allows the server and notably Bio-Formats to
 fully functional on hardened environments where the `noexec` mount option has been set on
 the `/tmp` partitition.
 
-This version of OMERO.server has been tested with OMERO.py 5.22.0 and OMERO.web 5.30.1. We
+This version of OMERO.server has been tested with OMERO.py 5.22.0 and OMERO.web 5.31.0. We
 recommend to upgrade Python version to at least 3.10 and Django to version 5.2.
 
 The following OMERO.server dependencies have been upgraded: