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+# Cluster API v1.12
+
+## Timeline
+
+The following table shows the preliminary dates for the `v1.12` release cycle.
+
+| **What**                                             | **Who**      | **When**                    | **Week** |
+|------------------------------------------------------|--------------|-----------------------------|----------|
+| Start of Release Cycle                               | Release Lead | Monday 18th August 2025     | week 1   |
+| Schedule finalized                                   | Release Lead | Friday 22nd August 2025     | week 1   |
+| Team finalized                                       | Release Lead | Friday 22nd August 2025     | week 1   |
+| *v1.10.x & v1.11.x released*                         | Release Lead | Tuesday 9th September 2025  | week 4   |
+| *v1.10.x & v1.11.x released*                         | Release Lead | Tuesday 7th October 2025    | week 8   |
+| *v1.10.x & v1.11.x released*                         | Release Lead | Tuesday 4th November 2025   | week 12  |
+| v1.12.0-beta.0 released                              | Release Lead | Tuesday 4th November 2025   | week 12  |
+| Communicate beta to providers                        | Comms Lead   | Tuesday 4th November 2025   | week 12  |
+| Communicate upcoming code freeze to the community    | Comms Lead   | Tuesday 4th November 2025   | week 12  |
+| KubeCon idle week                                    | ---          | ---                         | week 13  |
+| v1.12.0-beta.x released                              | Release Lead | Tuesday 18th November 2025  | week 14  |
+| release-1.12 branch created (**Begin Code Freeze**)  | Release Lead | Tuesday 25th November 2025  | week 15  |
+| v1.12.0-rc.0 released                                | Release Lead | Tuesday 25th November 2025  | week 15  |
+| release-1.12 jobs created                            | Release Lead | Tuesday 25th November 2025  | week 15  |
+| v1.12.0-rc.x released                                | Release Lead | Tuesday 2nd December 2025   | week 16  |
+| **v1.12.0 released**                                 | Release Lead | Tuesday 9th December 2025   | week 17  |
+| *v1.10.x & v1.11.x released*                         | Release Lead | Tuesday 9th December 2025   | week 17  |
+| Organize release retrospective                       | Release Lead | TBC                         | week 17  |
+| *v1.12.1 released (tentative)*                       | Release Lead | Tuesday 16th December 2025  | week 18  |
+
+After the .0 the .1 release will be created to ensure faster Kubernetes support after K8s 1.35.0 will be available. After the .1 we expect to release monthly patch release (more details will be provided in the 1.13 release schedule).
+
+## Release team
+
+| **Role**                                  | **Lead** (**GitHub / Slack ID**)                                                      | **Team member(s) (GitHub / Slack ID)** |
+|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
+| Release Lead                              | TBD | TBD |
+| Communications/Docs/Release Notes Manager | TBD | TBD |
+| CI Signal/Bug Triage/Automation Manager   | TBD | TBD |