From bde52b3edefc004457db188f87bf62055bf4c763 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Braun <andreas.braun@mongodb.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 09:43:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add more visible deprecation banner to the 1.17 readme

---
 README.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 35f54db219..0ce4551ff2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+<p style="text-align:center; font-size:1.25em; font-weight:bold; color:red; padding:2em;">
+This version of the Go driver is no longer actively developed and will not receive new features.
+For new features, please upgrade to the next major version.
+Bug fixes and critical updates to this version will be made available until early 2026.
+</p>
+
 <p align="center"><img src="etc/assets/mongo-gopher.png" width="250"></p>
 <p align="center">
   <a href="https://goreportcard.com/report/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver"><img src="https://goreportcard.com/badge/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver"></a>

From 3cc6f66438b1b8c10166a7d2a890811ecbf79b30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Braun <andreas.braun@mongodb.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 20:49:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Apply wording suggestion

---
 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ce4551ff2..6e068ee8be 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <p style="text-align:center; font-size:1.25em; font-weight:bold; color:red; padding:2em;">
 This version of the Go driver is no longer actively developed and will not receive new features.
-For new features, please upgrade to the next major version.
+For access to the latest features and improvements, we encourage you to upgrade to the new major version (v2.x).
 Bug fixes and critical updates to this version will be made available until early 2026.
 </p>