# Turborepo v2.8.17 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Turborepo (https://turbo.build)
- **Version:** v2.8.17
- **Released:** Mar 16, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/turborepo/updates/v2.8.17/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Turborepo v2.8.17. Source highlight: fix: Improve create-turbo connectivity check and offline error messages

## New Features
- feat: Add `affectedUsingTaskInputs` future flag for task-level `--affected` detection
- feat: Add Node.js version to `turbo info` output
- feat: Send `x-ai-agent` header on all Vercel API requests
- feat: Deprecate `--scope` flag for `turbo prune`
- feat: Use task graph for `watch`

## Bug Fixes
- fix: Improve create-turbo connectivity check and offline error messages
- fix: Replace dns.lookup with https.get for create-turbo online check
- fix: Remove redundant online check from create-turbo
- fix: Match `vite` and `@vitejs/plugin-react` versions on example
- fix: Resolve root-level tasks not executing with //#  CLI syntax
- fix: Prevent run summary `SendError` panic on shutdown

## Upgrade Command
```bash
npm install --save-dev --save-exact turbo@2.8.17
```