UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

September 17, 2025
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity:  0001716602
CSAIL 2017-CX9 Commercial Mortgage Trust
(Exact name of issuing entity)

Central Index Key Number of the registrant:  0001654060
Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor:  0001628601
Column Financial, Inc.
(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor:  0001542256
Natixis Real Estate Capital LLC
(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor:  0001632269
Benefit Street Partners CRE Finance LLC
(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

New York	333-207361-06	38-4046683 38-4046684 38-7187317
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation of issuing entity)	(Commission File Number of issuing entity)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Numbers)

c/o Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as agent for
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, MD 21045
(Address of principal executive offices of the issuing entity) (Zip Code)

(212) 325-4217
Registrant's Telephone number, including area code

Former name or former address, if changed since last report:  Not Applicable

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

TheJW Marriott Chicago Mortgage Loan, which constituted approximately 4.7% of the asset pool of the issuing entity as of its cut-off date, is an asset of the issuing entity and is part of a loan combination that is being serviced and administered under the pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of September 1, 2017, relating to the CSAIL 2017-CX9 Commercial Mortgage Trust, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 29, 2017 (the “CSAIL 2017-CX9 PSA”).  Pursuant to Section 7.01(d) of the CSAIL 2017-CX9 PSA, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, was removed as special servicer of the JW Marriott Chicago Mortgage Loan and Torchlight Loan Services, LLC (“Torchlight”), a Delaware limited liability company, was appointed as the successor special servicer of theJW Marriott Chicago Mortgage Loan under the CSAIL 2017-CX9 PSA.

In the interest of transaction management, this Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to record that, effective as of September 17, 2025, the JW Marriott Chicago Mortgage Loan will be specially serviced, if necessary, pursuant to the CSAIL 2017-CX9 PSA, by Torchlight.  Torchlight maintains its principal special servicing office at 90 Park Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, New York 10016 and its telephone number is 212-883-2800.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.
(Depositor)

/s/ Dmitriy Kogan
Dmitriy Kogan, Authorized Signatory

Date:  September 17, 2025

/s/ Russell Moy
Russell Moy, Authorized Signatory

Date:  September 17, 2025