v17.7.8

## Description

* Updated error messages displayed by `tsh ssh` when access to hosts is denied and when attempting to connect to a host that is offline or not enrolled in the cluster. [#60226](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/60226)
* Fixed an issue in Teleport Connect where Ctrl+D would sometimes not close a terminal tab. [#60222](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/60222)
* Added support for PodSecurityContext to `tbot` helm chart. [#60207](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/60207)
* MWI: Add `teleport_bot_instances` metric. [#60205](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/60205)
* The `tbot` Workload API now logs errors encountered when handling requests. [#60192](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/60192)
* Added explicit timeout to tbot when the Trust Bundle Cache is establishing an event watch. [#60187](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/60187)
* Fixed a bug where OpenSSH EICE node connections would fail. [#60125](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/60125)
* Updated Go to 1.24.9. [#60114](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/60114)
* Fixed SFTP audit events breaking the audit log. [#60070](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/60070)
* Fixed excessive memory usage on Teleport Proxy Service instances when using the the Teleport Web UI PostgreSQL REPL. [#60001](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/60001)
* Fixed `tsh scp` getting stuck in symlink loops. [#59995](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/59995)
* Fixed handling of local `tsh scp` targets that contain a colon. [#59982](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/59982)
* Fixed issue where temporarily unreachable app servers were permanently removed from session cache, causing persistent connection failures: `no application servers remaining to connect`. [#59955](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/59955)
* Fixed the issue with automatic access requests for `tsh ssh` when `spec.allow.request.max_duration` is set on the requester role. [#59925](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/59925)
* Fixes a bug with the check for a running Teleport process in the install-node.sh script. [#59888](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/59888)
* MWI: The `kubernetes/v2` output now supports customizing context names with a template. [#59740](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/59740)
* Updated mongo-driver to v1.17.4 to include fixes for possible connection leaks that could affect Teleport Database Service instances. [#59733](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/59733)
* The event-handler plugin will now skip over Windows desktop session recording events by default. [#59682](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/59682)
* MWI: The `kubernetes/argo-cd` output now supports customizing cluster names with a template. [#59576](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/59576)

## Download
Download the current and previous releases of Teleport at https://goteleport.com/download.

## Plugins

Download the current release of Teleport plugins from the links below.
* Slack [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-slack-v17.7.8-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-slack-v17.7.8-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz) 
* Mattermost [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-mattermost-v17.7.8-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-mattermost-v17.7.8-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Discord [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-discord-v17.7.8-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-discord-v17.7.8-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Terraform Provider [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v17.7.8-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v17.7.8-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v17.7.8-darwin-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v17.7.8-darwin-arm64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS universal](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v17.7.8-darwin-universal-bin.tar.gz)
* Event Handler [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-event-handler-v17.7.8-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-event-handler-v17.7.8-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-event-handler-v17.7.8-darwin-amd64-bin.tar.gz)
* PagerDuty [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-pagerduty-v17.7.8-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-pagerduty-v17.7.8-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Jira [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-jira-v17.7.8-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-jira-v17.7.8-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Email [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-email-v17.7.8-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-email-v17.7.8-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Microsoft Teams [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-msteams-v17.7.8-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-msteams-v17.7.8-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)