diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-4.17.1.rst b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-4.17.1.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+|RCE| 4.17.1 |RNS|
+------------------
+
+Release Date
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- 2019-07-04
+
+
+New Features
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+
+
+General
+^^^^^^^
+
+
+
+Security
+^^^^^^^^
+
+
+
+Performance
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+
+
+Fixes
+^^^^^
+
+- Database: fixed mysql migration issues.
+- Artifacts: fixed problem with non-ascii file uploads.
+- Artifacts: increase timeout, and allow setting custom time via ?timeout=N GET flag
+
+
+Upgrade notes
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- Un-scheduled release addressing problems in 4.17.X releases.
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes.rst b/docs/release-notes/release-notes.rst
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@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Release Notes
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   release-notes-4.17.1.rst
    release-notes-4.17.0.rst
    release-notes-4.16.2.rst
    release-notes-4.16.1.rst