Version 2.17.0-36.0.dev

Merge commit 'e557fef27df75d392ad3846c2bc79e9aab321d98' into 'dev'
diff --git a/pkg/dartdev/test/smoke/smoke_test.dart b/pkg/dartdev/test/smoke/smoke_test.dart
index 38dd049..671836d 100644
--- a/pkg/dartdev/test/smoke/smoke_test.dart
+++ b/pkg/dartdev/test/smoke/smoke_test.dart
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         );
         expect(
           result.stderr,
-          'Could not start Observatory HTTP server: localhost:${server.port} is already in use.\n',
+          'Could not start VM service: localhost:${server.port} is already in use.\n',
         );
         expect(result.stdout, isEmpty);
         server.close();
diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index 0107d24..dd07624 100644
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ b/tools/VERSION
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@
 MAJOR 2
 MINOR 17
 PATCH 0
-PRERELEASE 35
+PRERELEASE 36
 PRERELEASE_PATCH 0
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