From b995f6aef7410d34ac236071214e4cc155fd4a1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Boersma Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:44:44 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add Cluster API release-1.12 timeline document --- docs/release/releases/release-1.12.md | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/release/releases/release-1.12.md diff --git a/docs/release/releases/release-1.12.md b/docs/release/releases/release-1.12.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f9c8da1f9ddc --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/release/releases/release-1.12.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +# 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 25th August 2025 | week 1 | +| Schedule finalized | Release Lead | Friday 29nd August 2025 | week 1 | +| Team finalized | Release Lead | Friday 29nd August 2025 | week 1 | +| *v1.10.x & v1.11.x released* | Release Lead | Tuesday 2nd September 2025 | week 2 | +| *v1.10.x & v1.11.x released* | Release Lead | Tuesday 7th October 2025 | week 7 | +| *v1.10.x & v1.11.x released* | Release Lead | Tuesday 4th November 2025 | week 11 | +| v1.11.0-beta.0 released | Release Lead | Tuesday 4th November 2025 | week 11 | +| Communicate beta to providers | Comms Lead | Tuesday 4th November 2025 | week 11 | +| Communicate upcoming code freeze to the community | Comms Lead | Tuesday 4th November 2025 | week 11 | +| KubeCon idle week | --- | --- | week 12 | +| v1.12.0-beta.x released | Release Lead | Tuesday 18th November 2025 | week 13 | +| release-1.12 branch created (**Begin Code Freeze**) | Release Lead | Tuesday 25th November 2025 | week 14 | +| v1.12.0-rc.0 released | Release Lead | Tuesday 25th November 2025 | week 14 | +| release-1.12 jobs created | Release Lead | Tuesday 25th November 2025 | week 14 | +| v1.12.0-rc.x released | Release Lead | Tuesday 2nd December 2025 | week 15 | +| **v1.12.0 released** | Release Lead | Tuesday 9th December 2025 | week 16 | +| *v1.10.x & v1.11.x released* | Release Lead | Tuesday 9th December 2025 | week 16 | +| Organize release retrospective | Release Lead | TBC | week 16 | +| *v1.12.1 released (tentative)* | Release Lead | Tuesday 16th December 2025 | | + +After CAPI v1.12.0, the .1 release will follow up to add support for Kubernetes 1.35.0 when it becomes available. After .1, we expect to do monthly patch releases (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 | From 7002ee3699e3648e13e66203231b7d741e15461e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Boersma Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 09:54:24 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update docs/release/releases/release-1.12.md MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Co-authored-by: Stefan Büringer <4662360+sbueringer@users.noreply.github.com> --- docs/release/releases/release-1.12.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/release/releases/release-1.12.md b/docs/release/releases/release-1.12.md index f9c8da1f9ddc..430032248675 100644 --- a/docs/release/releases/release-1.12.md +++ b/docs/release/releases/release-1.12.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The following table shows the preliminary dates for the `v1.12` release cycle. | *v1.10.x & v1.11.x released* | Release Lead | Tuesday 2nd September 2025 | week 2 | | *v1.10.x & v1.11.x released* | Release Lead | Tuesday 7th October 2025 | week 7 | | *v1.10.x & v1.11.x released* | Release Lead | Tuesday 4th November 2025 | week 11 | -| v1.11.0-beta.0 released | Release Lead | Tuesday 4th November 2025 | week 11 | +| v1.12.0-beta.0 released | Release Lead | Tuesday 4th November 2025 | week 11 | | Communicate beta to providers | Comms Lead | Tuesday 4th November 2025 | week 11 | | Communicate upcoming code freeze to the community | Comms Lead | Tuesday 4th November 2025 | week 11 | | KubeCon idle week | --- | --- | week 12 |