diff --git a/.changeset/bootstrap-honest-status-polyglot.md b/.changeset/bootstrap-honest-status-polyglot.md
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-'@smooai/observability': minor
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-
-TypeScript, Go, Python and .NET bootstraps now report whether they are actually
-EXPORTING, not just whether they ran, and warn loudly when no OTLP endpoint is
-configured — the same fix already landed for Rust.
-
-`installed` / `Installed` kept its old meaning (bootstrap ran) and now says so
-honestly in its doc comment; the new `exporting` / `Exporting` answers the
-question that actually matters: does telemetry have anywhere to go. In TS and
-Python the no-endpoint case is worse than a no-op — the OTel exporters fall back
-to `http://localhost:4318` and retry into the void forever.
diff --git a/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 61fcb6f..f1ad000 100644
--- a/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # @smooai/observability
 
+## 0.17.0
+
+### Minor Changes
+
+- 7aecf45: TypeScript, Go, Python and .NET bootstraps now report whether they are actually
+  EXPORTING, not just whether they ran, and warn loudly when no OTLP endpoint is
+  configured — the same fix already landed for Rust.
+
+  `installed` / `Installed` kept its old meaning (bootstrap ran) and now says so
+  honestly in its doc comment; the new `exporting` / `Exporting` answers the
+  question that actually matters: does telemetry have anywhere to go. In TS and
+  Python the no-endpoint case is worse than a no-op — the OTel exporters fall back
+  to `http://localhost:4318` and retry into the void forever.
+
 ## 0.16.0
 
 ### Minor Changes
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 02f33bb..3b63c18 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@smooai/observability",
-    "version": "0.16.0",
+    "version": "0.17.0",
     "description": "Smoo AI Observability SDK — OTel-first error capture, traces, metrics, and React/Next.js integrations in a single package with subpath exports",
     "homepage": "https://github.com/SmooAI/observability",
     "bugs": {