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I'm glad others are experiencing this too. I'm on 17.17.4 and saw all the fuss about the silky smooth release and felt left out. It seems most of us are, maybe for the best. My SC said I could come there and they'd push the update if I wanted. I'll just wait for it to roll out OTA.