Forward port release notes for 8.17.4 to 8.18 (#17379) (#17410)

* Update release notes for 8.17.4

* Refined Logstash 8.17.4 release notes

* Update docs/static/releasenotes.asciidoc

Co-authored-by: Karen Metts <[email protected]>

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Co-authored-by: Andrea Selva <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Karen Metts <[email protected]>
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docs/static/releasenotes.asciidoc

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 This section summarizes the changes in the following releases:
 
+* <<logstash-8-17-4,Logstash 8.17.4>>
 * <<logstash-8-17-3,Logstash 8.17.3>>
 * <<logstash-8-17-2,Logstash 8.17.2>>
 * <<logstash-8-17-1,Logstash 8.17.1>>
@@ -81,6 +82,28 @@ This section summarizes the changes in the following releases:
 * <<logstash-8-0-0-alpha1,Logstash 8.0.0-alpha1>>
 
 
+[[logstash-8-17-4]]
+=== Logstash 8.17.4 Release Notes
+
+[[notable-8-17-4]]
+==== Notable issues fixed
+
+* Fix pqcheck and pqrepair on Windows. https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/17210[#17210]
+* Avoid possible integer overflow in string tokenization. https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/17353[#17353]
+* Fixed an issue where the /_node/stats API displayed empty pipeline metrics when Logstash monitoring was configured to use legacy collectors. https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/17185[#17185]
+
+[[plugins-8-17-4]]
+==== Plugins
+
+*Syslog Input - 3.7.1*
+
+* Fix issue where the priority field was not being set correctly when grok failed https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-syslog/pull/78[#76]
+
+*Jdbc Integration - 5.5.3*
+
+* [DOC] Rework inline comment to a callout in preparation for upcoming MD conversion https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-integration-jdbc/pull/181[#181]
+
+
 [[logstash-8-17-3]]
 === Logstash 8.17.3 Release Notes