## Release v2.8.17-canary.7

Versioned docs: https://v2-8-17-canary-7.turborepo.dev

### Changes

- ci: Add Node.js 24 to JS test matrices (#12256) (`12baf0d`)
- release(turborepo): 2.8.17-canary.6 (#12258) (`bcad89d`)
- fix: Improve create-turbo connectivity check and offline error
messages (#12257) (`0298dac`)

Co-authored-by: Turbobot <turbobot@vercel.com>

## Summary

Closes #12250

- Remove the `isOnline()` preflight connectivity check from
`create-turbo`
- Remove the `proxy-agent` dependency (only used by the removed check)

## Why

The `isOnline` check was [introduced in
#11297](#11297) with a 5-second
timeout. For users with slow routes to `github.com` (but otherwise
working internet), this causes a false "You appear to be offline" error
that blocks `create-turbo` entirely.

Two prior fixes
([#12257](#12257),
[#12277](#12277)) changed the
check target and method but kept the 5s timeout. The [reporter still
fails with
canary.14](#12250 (comment))
across all package managers.

The check is redundant. `createProject` already handles offline failures
through `retry({ retries: 3 })` and throws `DownloadError`, which
`handleErrors` catches with a clear message ("Unable to download
template from GitHub" + the specific error). There's no need for a
separate preflight gate.

## Testing

All existing `create-turbo` tests pass. The "throws correct error
message when a download error is encountered" test verifies the
`DownloadError` path works correctly without the preflight check.