Kubernetes 1.27 Release Information

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

Kubernetes 1.27

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Summary

The 1.27 release cycle is as follows:

Timeline

WhatWhoWhenWeekCI Signal
Start of Release CycleLeadMonday 9th January 2023week 1master-blocking
Start Enhancements TrackingEnhancements LeadMonday 9th January 2023week 1
Schedule finalizedLeadFriday 13th January 2023week 1
Team finalizedLeadFriday 13th January 2023week 1
1.27.0-alpha.1 releasedBranch ManagerTuesday 24th January 2023Week 3
Start Release Notes DraftRelease Notes LeadTuesday 24th January 2023week 3
Production Readiness FreezeEnhancements LeadThursday 2nd February 2023week 4
Begin Enhancements FreezeEnhancements Lead01:00 UTC Friday 10th February 2023 / 18:00 PDT Thursday 9th February 2023week 5master-blocking, master-informing
1.27.0-alpha.2 releasedBranch ManagerTuesday 14th February 2023Week 6
Begin Friday APAC-friendly meetingsLeadFriday 24th February 2023Week 7
1.27.0-alpha.3 releasedBranch ManagerThursday 2nd March 2023week 81.27-blocking, master-blocking, master-informing
Call for ExceptionsLeadMonday 6th March 2023week 9
Brace Yourself, Code Freeze is ComingComms / Bug TriageMonday 6th March 2023week 9
Begin Feature blog freezeComms Lead01:00 UTC Wednesday 8th March 2023 / 18:00 PDT Tuesday 7th March 2023week 9
Begin Code FreezeBranch Manager01:00 UTC Wednesday 15th March 2023 / 17:00 PDT Tuesday 14th March 2023week 10
1.27.0-beta.0 releasedBranch ManagerThursday 16th March 2023week 10
Docs deadline — Open placeholder PRsDocs LeadThursday 16th March 2023week 10
Deprecations and Removals blog publishedCommsThursday 16th March 2023week 10
Begin Burndown (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday meetings)LeadMonday 20th March 2023Week 11
Test FreezeBranch Manager01:00 UTC Wednesday 22nd March 2023 / 17:00 PDT Tuesday 21st March 2023week 11
Docs deadline — PRs ready for reviewDocs LeadTuesday 21st March 2023Week 11
1.27.0-rc.0 releasedBranch ManagerTuesday 21st March 2023week 11
release-1.27 branch createdBranch ManagerTuesday 21st March 2023week 11
release-1.27 jobs createdBranch ManagerTuesday 21st March 2023week 11
Major Themes deadlineCommsTuesday 21st March 2023week 11
Start final draft of Release NotesRelease Notes LeadTuesday 21st March 2023week 11
Release blog ready to reviewComms / Docs01:00 UTC Wednesday 22nd March 2023 / 17:00 PDT Tuesday 21st March 2023week 11
Burndown Meetings daily (Tuesday & Thursday over Slack)LeadMonday 27th March 2023week 12
Major Themes completeRelease Notes LeadTuesday 4th April 2023week 13
Docs complete — All PRs reviewed and ready to mergeDocs LeadTuesday 4th April 2023week 13
Feature blogs ready to reviewEnhancement Owner / SIG LeadsTuesday 4th April 2023week 13
1.27.0-rc.1 releasedBranch ManagerTuesday 4th April 2023week 13
Release Notes complete — reviewed & merged to https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetesRelease Notes LeadTuesday 11th April 2023week 14
v1.27.0 releasedBranch ManagerTuesday 11th April 2023week 14
Release blog publishedCommsTueday 11th April 2023week 14
ThawBranch ManagerTuesday 11th April 2023week 14
KubeCon EUApril 17-21 2023week 15

Phases

Please refer to the release phases document.