prep relrease branch (#2777)

Author: thampiotr

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This document contains a historical list of changes between releases. Only
 changes that impact end-user behavior are listed; changes to documentation or
 internal API changes are not present.
 
-Main (unreleased)
+v1.7.0-rc.0
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 ### Breaking changes