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Expand Up @@ -52,17 +52,22 @@ We use [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
git push origin "${tag}"
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6. For Release Candidates:
6. Create a draft release.
- Copy Changelog section.
- You can also generate automatic changelog and put the `What's changed` section under `<summary>` HTML tag. This will render all contributors nicely as in the [example](https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/releases/tag/v1.21.0-rc.0) release.

7a. For Release Candidates:
- Release RC GitHub release with "pre-release" box checked
- Click "Publish release"!
- Create PR against [prometheus/prometheus](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus) using RC version
- Create PR against [kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes) using RC version
- Make sure the CI is green for the PRs
- Allow 1-2 days for downstream testing
- Fix any issues found before final release
- Use `-rc.1`, `-rc.2` etc. for additional fixes
- For RCs, ensure "pre-release" box is checked

7. For Final Release:
- Wait for CI completion

7b. For Final Release:
- Release GitHub release with "latest" box checked (default).
- Click "Publish release"!

8. Announce release:
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