chore(main): release 0.17.0 (#120)

🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop*
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##
[0.17.0](0.16.0...0.17.0)
(2026-01-16)


### Features

* Add diagnostic of service version starting
([#119](#119))
([8264275](8264275))
* Event queue early stop in buffer overflow
([#118](#118))
([4be2201](4be2201))
* SR manual start/stop
([#124](#124))
([c4e1afb](c4e1afb))


### Bug Fixes

* crash reporting with kscrash not captured
([#122](#122))
([88e97f9](88e97f9))
* observability instance already exists
([#121](#121))
([8a03120](8a03120))

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> [!NOTE]
> **Release 0.17.0**
> 
> - Adds diagnostic of service version at start, event queue early stop
on buffer overflow, and Session Replay manual start/stop
> - Fixes KSCrash reports not captured and "observability instance
already exists" error
> - Bumps version to `0.17.0` in `CHANGELOG.md`,
`.release-please-manifest.json`, podspecs, and
`Sources/LaunchDarklyObservability/Version.swift`
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Author: LaunchDarklyReleaseBot

.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-	".": "0.16.0"
+	".": "0.17.0"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.17.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/swift-launchdarkly-observability/compare/0.16.0...0.17.0) (2026-01-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add diagnostic of service version starting ([#119](https://github.com/launchdarkly/swift-launchdarkly-observability/issues/119)) ([8264275](https://github.com/launchdarkly/swift-launchdarkly-observability/commit/8264275a14793480d2435ecf99bbfd28f29c0538))
+* Event queue early stop in buffer overflow ([#118](https://github.com/launchdarkly/swift-launchdarkly-observability/issues/118)) ([4be2201](https://github.com/launchdarkly/swift-launchdarkly-observability/commit/4be22015a52791dc6c073945ea41ea8242586c65))
+* SR manual start/stop ([#124](https://github.com/launchdarkly/swift-launchdarkly-observability/issues/124)) ([c4e1afb](https://github.com/launchdarkly/swift-launchdarkly-observability/commit/c4e1afb50c4cd215f2178693d4aa300f84d68e9e))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* crash reporting with kscrash not captured ([#122](https://github.com/launchdarkly/swift-launchdarkly-observability/issues/122)) ([88e97f9](https://github.com/launchdarkly/swift-launchdarkly-observability/commit/88e97f913bff8481520d6160bbca55c47d125b17))
+* observability instance already exists ([#121](https://github.com/launchdarkly/swift-launchdarkly-observability/issues/121)) ([8a03120](https://github.com/launchdarkly/swift-launchdarkly-observability/commit/8a031205dc88b0164812c9331293b8a64f45aecb))
+
 ## [0.16.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/swift-launchdarkly-observability/compare/0.15.2...0.16.0) (2026-01-14)
 
 

LaunchDarklyObservability.podspec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name             = "LaunchDarklyObservability"
-  s.version          = "0.16.0" # x-release-please-version
+  s.version          = "0.17.0" # x-release-please-version
   s.summary          = "iOS Observability Plugin for LaunchDarkly."
   s.description      = <<-DESC
                         LaunchDarkly is the feature management platform that software teams use to build better software, faster.

LaunchDarklySessionReplay.podspec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name             = "LaunchDarklySessionReplay"
-  s.version          = "0.16.0" # x-release-please-version
+  s.version          = "0.17.0" # x-release-please-version
   s.summary          = "Session replay library for LaunchDarkly"
   s.description      = <<-DESC
                         Session Replay captures user interactions and screen recordings to help you understand how users interact with your application.

Sources/LaunchDarklyObservability/Version.swift

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 // This file is automatically updated by release-please. Do not edit manually.
-public let sdkVersion = "0.16.0" // x-release-please-version
+public let sdkVersion = "0.17.0" // x-release-please-version