# Ghost 1.17.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Ghost (https://ghost.org)
- **Version:** 1.17.0
- **Released:** Nov 07, 2017
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/ghost/updates/1.17.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ghost 1.17.0. Source highlight: ✨ New `{{reading_time}}` theme helper (TryGhost/Ghost#9217)

## Bug Fixes
- 🐛 Fixed password fields not being cleared when leaving team/user page (TryGhost/Ghost-Admin#900)
- 🐛 Fixed `custom_excerpt` not being used in RSS feeds (TryGhost/Ghost#9219)