diff --git a/core/Cargo.lock b/core/Cargo.lock
index 85a0f17a..0174e29b 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.lock
+++ b/core/Cargo.lock
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "archipelago"
-version = "1.8.16-alpha"
+version = "1.8.17-alpha"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "archipelago-container",
diff --git a/core/archipelago/Cargo.toml b/core/archipelago/Cargo.toml
index 820fc99b..33d8368f 100644
--- a/core/archipelago/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/archipelago/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "archipelago"
-version = "1.8.16-alpha"
+version = "1.8.17-alpha"
 edition = "2021"
 license.workspace = true
 description = "Archipelago Bitcoin Node OS - Native backend"
diff --git a/neode-ui/package-lock.json b/neode-ui/package-lock.json
index 766b5b81..f1e3a339 100644
--- a/neode-ui/package-lock.json
+++ b/neode-ui/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "neode-ui",
-  "version": "1.8.16-alpha",
+  "version": "1.8.17-alpha",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "neode-ui",
-      "version": "1.8.16-alpha",
+      "version": "1.8.17-alpha",
       "dependencies": {
         "@scure/bip39": "^2.2.0",
         "@types/dompurify": "^3.0.5",
diff --git a/neode-ui/package.json b/neode-ui/package.json
index b34901a4..dec901a4 100644
--- a/neode-ui/package.json
+++ b/neode-ui/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "neode-ui",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.8.16-alpha",
+  "version": "1.8.17-alpha",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "./start-dev.sh",
diff --git a/releases/pending/v1.8.17-alpha/manifest.json b/releases/pending/v1.8.17-alpha/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84af96d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/pending/v1.8.17-alpha/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+  "changelog": [
+    "Minibits claims that every mint reports as already spent leave the retry queue, clearing repeated failure notices. Network errors and mixed mint failures remain queued for another attempt.",
+    "Minibits polls its primary relay first and connects to public fallback relays only when the primary is unreachable, reducing unnecessary connections.",
+    "Large payment backlogs are fetched from newest to oldest with a saved cursor, so polling can resume after interruptions or page limits. Payments sharing the same timestamp remain reachable.",
+    "Added regression coverage for spent-claim classification, wrapped and mixed mint errors, same-second payments, and interrupted or multi-poll backlogs."
+  ],
+  "components": [
+    {
+      "current_version": "1.8.17-alpha",
+      "download_url": "https://source.archipelago-foundation.org/lfg2025/archy/releases/download/v1.8.17-alpha/archipelago",
+      "name": "archipelago",
+      "new_version": "1.8.17-alpha",
+      "sha256": "32a7b009eb58f8c9f256e6597711a77ded11e15d5865a3fe16901603264e1f70",
+      "size_bytes": 64953344
+    },
+    {
+      "current_version": "1.8.17-alpha",
+      "download_url": "https://source.archipelago-foundation.org/lfg2025/archy/releases/download/v1.8.17-alpha/archipelago-frontend-1.8.17-alpha.tar.gz",
+      "name": "archipelago-frontend-1.8.17-alpha.tar.gz",
+      "new_version": "1.8.17-alpha",
+      "sha256": "faf692e9a0e16268357bcac2bf86b62950ae49663e3c95982e54a132bb761980",
+      "size_bytes": 98801608
+    }
+  ],
+  "release_date": "2026-09-15",
+  "signature": "c8196fe278a5747b3c3ba3bf70998874f1e3e6eedbdab33b9e33c3339a3769ab4431f41d99924ec4cdd15a5ffed299a5af786c7ab5e9d084cdc11beabbee9103",
+  "signed_by": "did:key:z6Mkfu5LT8d4DjETtrkATvHh9Dvcbnr7zBCUwfau8Sw7DLWT",
+  "version": "1.8.17-alpha"
+}