v1.17.0

What happened

1.17.0 (October 21, 2026) NEW FEATURES: Terraform now supports variables and locals in provider requirements ( #39153 ) A new -minimal-refresh planning option has been added, which will only refresh resources that have proposed changes. ( #35290 ) policy: Terraform Policy is now generally available. The -policies flag for plan , apply , and query no longer requires an experimental build or the -allow-experimental-fe…

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