Version 2.17.6

* Cherry-pick refs/changes/80/248080/4 to stable
* Cherry-pick ec9a660ccca94edaf04051192282c7ecaf2bcccc to stable
* Cherry-pick d3ea8bff5c56e557bf5b4310fe2538feeda7b84c to stable
* Cherry-pick 3224487a07d7c23560228e5159e21fed28781b3a to stable
diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index 7e91410..7f52416 100644
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ b/tools/VERSION
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@
 CHANNEL stable
 MAJOR 2
 MINOR 17
-PATCH 5
+PATCH 6
 PRERELEASE 0
 PRERELEASE_PATCH 0
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