chore: prepare release (#4019)

Author: JorTurFer

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_bug_report.yml

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ body:
     label: KEDA Version
     description: What version of KEDA that are you running?
     options:
+    - "2.9.1"
     - "2.9.0"
     - "2.8.1"
     - "2.8.0"

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ To learn more about active deprecations, we recommend checking [GitHub Discussio
 ## History
 
 - [Unreleased](#unreleased)
+- [v2.9.1](#v291)
 - [v2.9.0](#v290)
 - [v2.8.1](#v281)
 - [v2.8.0](#v280)
@@ -59,9 +60,7 @@ Here is an overview of all new **experimental** features:
 
 ### Fixes
 
-- **General**: Properly retrieve and close scalers cache ([#4011](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/4011))
-- **Azure Key Vault:** Raise an error if authentication mechanism not provided ([#4010](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/4010))
-- **Redis Scalers**: Support `unsafeSsl` and enable ssl verification as default ([#4005](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/4005))
+- **General**: TODO ([#TODO](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/TODO))
 
 ### Deprecations
 
@@ -71,17 +70,18 @@ New deprecation(s):
 
 - TODO
 
-Previously announced deprecation(s):
-
-- Default checkpointing strategy for Azure Event Hubs scaler `azureFunctions` is deprecated in favor of `blobMetadata` ([#XXX](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3596) | [Discussion](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/discussions/3552))
-- `metadata.type` is deprecated in favor of the global `metricType` for CPU, Memory, Datadog scalers ([#2844](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/2844) | [Discussion](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/discussions/3002))
-- `rolloutStrategy` is deprecated in favor of `rollout.strategy` in ScaledJobs ([#3596](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3596) | [Discussion](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/discussions/3552))
-- Prometheus metrics on KEDA Metric Server are deprecated in favor of Prometheus metrics on KEDA Operator ([#3972](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3972) | [Discussion](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/discussions/3973))
-
 ### Other
 
 - TODO
 
+## v2.9.1
+
+### Fixes
+
+- **General**: Properly retrieve and close scalers cache ([#4011](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/4011))
+- **Azure Key Vault:** Raise an error if authentication mechanism not provided ([#4010](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/4010))
+- **Redis Scalers**: Support `unsafeSsl` and enable ssl verification as default ([#4005](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/4005))
+
 ## v2.9.0
 
 ### Breaking Changes

RELEASE-PROCESS.md

@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ Add the new released version to the list in `KEDA Version` dropdown in [3_bug_re
 
 ## 3. Create KEDA release on GitHub
 
-Creating a new release in the releases page (https://github.com/kedacore/keda/releases) will trigger a GitHub workflow which will create a new image with the latest code and tagged with the next version (in this example 2.4.0).
+Creating a new release in the releases page (https://github.com/kedacore/keda/releases) will trigger a GitHub workflow which will create a new image with the latest code (read note 2 below) and tagged with the next version (in this example 2.4.0).
 
 KEDA Deployment YAML file (eg. keda-2.4.0.yaml) is also automatically created and attached to the Release as part of the workflow.
 
 > Note: The container registry repo with all the different images can be seen [here](https://github.com/orgs/kedacore/packages?repo_name=keda)
 
+> Note 2: Depending on the release type (minor version or hotfix), the tag should be created from main (for minor version releases) or from version branch (for hotfix releases)
+
 ### Release template
 
 Every release should use the template provided below to create the GitHub release and ensure that a new GitHub Discussion is created.
@@ -92,6 +94,8 @@ In order to generate a list of new contributors, use the `Auto-generate release
 Publish documentation for new version on https://keda.sh.
 For details, see [Publishing a new version](https://github.com/kedacore/keda-docs#publishing-a-new-version).
 
+> Note: During hotfix releases, this step isn't required as we don't introduce new features
+
 ## 5. Setup continous container scanning with Snyk
 
 In order to continuously scan our new container image, they must be imported in our [Snyk project](https://app.snyk.io/org/keda/projects) for all newly introduced tags.
@@ -119,6 +123,8 @@ We need to make sure that the current sprint's items are changed from status `Re
 
 Lastly, the `Upcoming Release Cycles` overview in `ROADMAP.md` should be updated with the new cycle.
 
+In case of minor releases, we need to create the version branch (`release/v2.x`) from the release tag which will be used to include any required hotfix in the future.
+
 ## 9. Tweet! 🐦
 
 Prepare a tweet with some highlights and send it out on [@kedaorg](https://twitter.com/kedaorg)!