chore: release 0.17.7-beta

Author: aws-sdk-kotlin-ci

.changes/0d2cc7ea-39dc-11ed-a261-0242ac120002.json

@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.17.7-beta] - 10/03/2022
+
+### Features
+* #486 Enable configurability of the retry strategy through environment variables, system properties, and AWS profiles.
+
+### Fixes
+* [#697](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sdk-kotlin/issues/697) Correct handling of non-success responses when retrieving credentials on ECS.
+
+### Miscellaneous
+* Upgrade smithy-kotlin version.
+* Update/clarify changelog and add commit instructions in the Contributing Guidelines
+* Upgrade Kotlin version and dependencies in ECS credentials integration test.
+* Sync AWS models and upgrade smithy-kotlin.
+
 ## [0.17.6-beta] - 09/19/2022
 
 ### Features

.changes/524525e9-3882-4c3f-ae9a-d3b64ced37f5.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ kotlin.native.ignoreDisabledTargets=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx6g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=2G
 
 # sdk
-sdkVersion=0.17.7-SNAPSHOT
+sdkVersion=0.17.7-beta
 
 # codegen
 smithyVersion=1.25.2
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ slf4jVersion=1.7.36
 
 # dokka config (values specified at build-time as needed)
 smithyKotlinPackageListUrl=
-smithyKotlinDocBaseUrl=https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-kotlin/latest/reference/smithy-kotlin
+smithyKotlinDocBaseUrl=https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-kotlin/latest/reference/smithy-kotlin