diff --git a/.hgtags b/.hgtags
index d8c1590..44ef2f1 100644
--- a/.hgtags
+++ b/.hgtags
@@ -446,3 +446,4 @@ ce2ced3856909f36f8130c99eaa4dbdbae636ddc release-1.17.4
 9af0dddbddb2c368bfedd2801bc100ffad01e19b release-1.17.5
 de68d0d94320cbf033599c6f3ca37e5335c67fd7 release-1.17.6
 e56295fe0ea76bf53b06bffa77a2d3a9a335cb8c release-1.17.7
+fdacd273711ddf20f778c1fb91529ab53979a454 release-1.17.8
diff --git a/docs/xml/nginx/changes.xml b/docs/xml/nginx/changes.xml
index 38c7271..0bf680c 100644
--- a/docs/xml/nginx/changes.xml
+++ b/docs/xml/nginx/changes.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,42 @@
 <change_log title="nginx">
 
 
+<changes ver="1.17.8" date="2020-01-21">
+
+<change type="feature">
+<para lang="ru">
+директива grpc_pass поддерживает переменные.
+</para>
+<para lang="en">
+variables support in the "grpc_pass" directive.
+</para>
+</change>
+
+<change type="bugfix">
+<para lang="ru">
+при обработке pipelined-запросов по SSL-соединению мог произойти таймаут;
+ошибка появилась в 1.17.5.
+</para>
+<para lang="en">
+a timeout might occur while handling pipelined requests in an SSL connection;
+the bug had appeared in 1.17.5.
+</para>
+</change>
+
+<change type="bugfix">
+<para lang="ru">
+в директиве debug_points при использовании HTTP/2.<br/>
+Спасибо Даниилу Бондареву.
+</para>
+<para lang="en">
+in the "debug_points" directive when using HTTP/2.<br/>
+Thanks to Daniil Bondarev.
+</para>
+</change>
+
+</changes>
+
+
 <changes ver="1.17.7" date="2019-12-24">
 
 <change type="bugfix">