chore(release): v17.0.0-beta.1

## v17.0.0-beta.1 (2026-05-10)

#### Breaking Change 💥
* [#4729](#4729) subscribe: replace perEventExecutor with mapSourceToResponseEvent ([@yaacovCR](https://github.com/yaacovCR))
* [#4730](#4730) chore(engines): drop Node 20 support ([@yaacovCR](https://github.com/yaacovCR))
* [#4731](#4731) refactor(execution): extract buildResolveInfo helper ([@yaacovCR](https://github.com/yaacovCR))

#### New Feature 🚀
* [#4733](#4733) feat: support node v26 ([@yaacovCR](https://github.com/yaacovCR))

#### Bug Fix 🐞
* [#4725](#4725) chore: forward-port directives on directive definitions (#4521) ([@yaacovCR](https://github.com/yaacovCR))
* [#4727](#4727) chore: forward-port configuration of the `ofType` introspection depth (#4317) ([@yaacovCR](https://github.com/yaacovCR))

#### Polish 💅
* [#4728](#4728) polish: group FRAGMENT_VARIABLE_DEFINITION with executable defs ([@yaacovCR](https://github.com/yaacovCR))

#### Internal 🏠
<details>
<summary> 3 PRs were merged </summary>

* [#4460](#4460) internal: use node experimental-strip-types instead of ts-node ([@yaacovCR](https://github.com/yaacovCR))
* [#4732](#4732) internal: use node test instead of mocha + c8 ([@yaacovCR](https://github.com/yaacovCR))
* [#4734](#4734) internal: add comment re: rewriteRelativeImportExtensions ([@yaacovCR](https://github.com/yaacovCR))
</details>

#### Committers: 1
* Yaacov Rydzinski ([@yaacovCR](https://github.com/yaacovCR))

Author: yaacovCR

package-lock.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "graphql",
-  "version": "17.0.0-beta.0",
+  "version": "17.0.0-beta.1",
   "description": "A Query Language and Runtime which can target any service.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "private": true,

package.json

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 /**
  * A string containing the version of the GraphQL.js library
  */
-export const version = '17.0.0-beta.0' as string;
+export const version = '17.0.0-beta.1' as string;
 
 /**
  * An object containing the components of the GraphQL.js version string
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ export const versionInfo: Readonly<{
   major: 17,
   minor: 0,
   patch: 0,
-  preReleaseTag: 'beta.0',
+  preReleaseTag: 'beta.1',
 });