Release v0.17.0 (#2294)

Author: jchengsfx

CHANGELOG.md

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 ## Unreleased
 
+## v0.17.0 Beta
+
+## 💡 Enhancements 💡
+
+- Default config environment variable expansion (#2231)
+- `prometheusremotewrite` exporter: Add batched exports (#2249)
+- `memorylimiter` processor: Introduce soft and hard limits (#2250)
+
+## 🧰 Bug fixes 🧰
+
+- Fix nits in pdata usage (#2235)
+- Convert status to not be a pointer in the Span (#2242)
+- Report the error from `pprof.StartCPUProfile` (#2263)
+- Rename `service.Application.SignalTestComplete` to `Shutdown` (#2277)
+
 ## v0.16.0 Beta
 
 ## 🛑 Breaking changes 🛑