Release (vX.Y)
Playbook @sushma's Product Release
Started Oct 05, 2025 06:14
Status Finished
Description

**About** - Version number: TBD - Target-date: TBD **Resources** - Jira filtered view: [link TBD](#) - Blog post draft: [link TBD](#)

Prepare code
  • Triage and check for pending tickets and PRs to merge
  • Start drafting changelog, feature documentation, and marketing materials
  • Review and update project dependencies as needed
  • QA prepares release testing assignments
  • Merge database upgrade
Release testing
  • Cut a Release Candidate (RC-1)
  • QA runs smoke tests on the pre-release build
  • QA runs automated load tests and upgrade tests on the pre-release build
  • Triage and merge regression bug fixes
Prepare release for production
  • QA final approves the release
  • Cut the final release build and publish
  • Deploy changelog, upgrade notes, and feature documentation
  • Confirm minimum server requirements are updated in documentation
  • Update release download links in relevant docs and webpages
  • Publish announcements and marketing
Post-release
  • Schedule a release retrospective
  • Add dates for the next release to the release calendar and communicate to stakeholders
  • Compose release metrics
  • Prepare security update communications
  • Archive the incident channel and create a new one for the next release