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 - "You miss 100 percent of the chances you don't take. — Wayne Gretzky" — Michael Scott
 
+Work in this release was contributed by @RulaKhaled. Thank you for your contribution!
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 ## 9.17.0
 
 - feat(node): Migrate to `@fastify/otel` ([#15542](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/pull/15542))