lnd/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.17.0.md

# Release Notes

## DB

* Split channeldb [`UpdateInvoice`
  implementation](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/7377) logic in 
  different update types.

## Watchtowers 

* Let the task pipeline [only carry 
  wtdb.BackupIDs](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/7623) instead of 
  the entire retribution struct. This reduces the amount of data that needs to 
  be held in memory. 
 
## Misc

* [Ensure that both the byte and string form of a TXID is populated in the 
  lnrpc.Outpoint message](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/7624). 
  
* [Fix Benchmark Test (BenchmarkReadMessage/Channel_Ready) in the lnwire 
package](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/7356)

## RPC

* [SendOutputs](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/7631) now adheres
  to the anchor channel reserve requirement.

* The [UpdateNodeAnnouncement](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/7568)
  API can no longer be used to set/unset protocol features that are defined by 
  LND.  

  Custom node announcement feature bits can also be specified in config using 
  the `dev` build tag and `--protocol.custom-nodeann`, `--protocol.custom-init` 
  and `--protocol.custom-invoice` flags to set feature bits for various feature
  "sets", as defined in [BOLT 9](https://github.com/lightning/bolts/blob/master/09-features.md).

## Misc

* [Generate default macaroons
independently](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/7592) on wallet
unlock or create.

* [Restore support](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/7678) for
  `PKCS8`-encoded cert private keys.

# Contributors (Alphabetical Order)

* Carla Kirk-Cohen
* Daniel McNally
* Elle Mouton
* Erik Arvstedt
* hieblmi
* Jordi Montes
* ziggie1984