# Release 2.17.0

## TensorFlow

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### Breaking Changes

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### Known Caveats

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build --experimental_cc_shared_library

# cc_shared_library ensures no library is linked statically more than once.
build --experimental_link_static_libraries_once=false

# Prevent regressions on those two incompatible changes
# TODO: remove those flags when they are flipped in the default Bazel version TF uses.
build --incompatible_enforce_config_setting_visibility
# TODO: also enable this flag after fixing the visibility violations