Kubernetes 1.29 Release Information

Information regarding the current release cycle including important dates, Release Team contact information, tracking spreadsheets and more!

Kubernetes 1.29

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Summary

The 1.29 release cycle is as follows:

Timeline

WhatWhoWhenWeekCI Signal
Start of Release CycleLeadMonday 4th September 2023week 1master-blocking
Start Enhancements TrackingEnhancements LeadMonday 4th September 2023week 1
Schedule finalizedLeadFriday 8th September 2023week 1
Team finalizedLeadFriday 8th September 2023week 1
Start Release Notes DraftRelease Notes LeadTuesday 19th September 2023week 3
1.29.0-alpha.1 releasedBranch ManagerMonday 25th September 2023Week 4
Production Readiness FreezeEnhancements LeadThursday 28th September 2023week 4
Begin Enhancements FreezeEnhancements Lead01:00 UTC Friday 6th October 2023 / 18:00 PDT Thursday 5th October 2023week 5master-blocking, master-informing
1.29.0-alpha.2 releasedBranch ManagerTuesday 10th OctoberWeek 6
Docs deadline — Open placeholder PRsDocs LeadThursday 19th October 2023week 7
Begin Friday APAC-friendly meetingsLeadFriday 20th October 2023Week 7
Call for ExceptionsLeadMonday 23rd October 2023week 8
Brace Yourself, Code Freeze is ComingComms / Bug TriageMonday 23rd October 2023week 8
Begin Feature blog freezeComms Lead01:00 UTC Wednesday 25th October 2023 / 18:00 PDT Tuesday 24th October 2023week 8
Begin Code FreezeBranch Manager01:00 UTC Wednesday 1st November 2023 / 18:00 PDT Tuesday 31st October 2023week 9
1.29.0-alpha.3 releasedBranch ManagerThursday 2nd November 2023Week 91.29-blocking, master-blocking, master-informing
Deprecations and Removals blog publishedCommsThursday 2nd November 2023week 9
KubeCon NAMonday 6th - Thursday 9th November 2023week 10
Begin Burndown (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday meetings)LeadMonday 13th November 2023week 11
Test FreezeBranch Manager01:00 UTC Wednesday 15th November 2023 / 18:00 PDT Tuesday 14th November 2023week 11
Preparing for Feature blogs review — Initiating outreachCommsMonday 13th November 2023week 11
Docs deadline — PRs ready for reviewDocs LeadTuesday 14th November 2023Week 11
Major Themes deadlineCommsTuesday 14th November2023week 11
Start final draft of Release NotesRelease Notes LeadTuesday 14th November 2023week 11
Release blog ready to reviewComms / Docs01:00 UTC Wednesday 15th November 2023 / 18:00 PDT Tuesday 14th November 2023week 11
1.29.0-beta.0 releasedBranch ManagerThursday 16th November 2023week 11
Feature blogs ready to reviewEnhancement Owner / SIG LeadsFriday 17th November 2023week 11
Burndown Meetings daily (Tuesday & Thursday over Slack)LeadMonday 20th November 2023Week 12
1.29.0-rc.0 releasedBranch ManagerTuesday 21st November 2023week 12
release-1.29 branch createdBranch ManagerTuesday 21st November 2023week 12
release-1.29 jobs createdBranch ManagerTuesday 21st November 2023week 12
Major Themes completeRelease Notes LeadTuesday 28th November 2023week 13
Docs complete — All PRs reviewed and ready to mergeDocs LeadTuesday 28th November 2023week 13
1.29.0-rc.1 releasedBranch ManagerTuesday 28th November 2023week 13
Release Notes complete — reviewed & merged to https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetesRelease Notes LeadTuesday 5th December, 2023week 14
v1.29.0 releasedBranch ManagerTuesday 5th December 2023week 14
Release blog publishedCommsTuesday 5th December 2023week 14
ThawBranch ManagerTuesday 5th December 2023week 14

Phases

Please refer to the release phases document.