June 2022 Endgame #153272

• 06/27 Code freeze for the endgame
• 07/01 Endgame done
• 07/07 Expected release date (this may change)

Monday

• Check that all queries in this issue use the current milestone Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• Run OSS tool Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• Update links in the Endgame notebooks to point to new milestone Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• Code freeze at 5pm PT
• Ensure we have a green build on all platforms at 5pm PT
• 🔖All closed feature-requests either have a verification-needed or on-testplan label
• Create test plan items following the template here by 6pm PT
• Update your availability for testing here - https://vscode-tools.azurewebsites.net/team-manifest team
  • Update availability of testers in vacation. Double check N/A testers. Connor Peet (@connor4312)

Tuesday

• Test plan items assigned (using https://vscode-tools.azurewebsites.net/test-plan-items)
  • Run the tool multiple times to balance load if test items come in later and assignments are already made
  • Assigned to you
• Test build starts at 7am CET
• Test plan ready by 8am CET
• 🔖Testing
• 🔖Verification needed

Wednesday

• 🔖Testing
• Remind team members to assign issues that they intend to fix to the current milestone
• Fixing (self-assigned, milestone assigned)
• 🔖Verification needed

Thursday

• Fixing (self-assigned, milestone assigned, no need for PR or review)
  • Increased scrutiny sets in due to testing being completed. Fixes pose a much higher risk
  • Move issues to the next month that can be deferred
• 🔖Verification needed
• 🔖Verification

Friday

• Build a stable build to ensure stable build is green Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• Pause scheduled insider builds Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• Satellite modules/npm packages ready, version updated, smoke tested
  • yo generator Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)
  • debug adapter protocol Connor Peet (@connor4312)
  • node debugadapter node Connor Peet (@connor4312)
  • mock debug Connor Peet (@connor4312)
  • js-debug Connor Peet (@connor4312)
  • custom data for html/css Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)
• Only candidate issues are open and assigned to 🔖milestone
• All issues 🔖verified
• All open PRs on the milestone 🔖merged or deferred
• Branch code to release/<x.y> after all expected fixes are in (latest 5PM PST) Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• Branch distro to release/<x.y> after all expected fixes are in (latest 5PM PST) Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• Announce main is open for business Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• Fixing (PR + review required once branched - major bugs only - to be discussed in stand-up meeting, labeled as candidate)
• All release notes updated
  • release notes are collected in a file named v<Major>_<Minor>.md in this repo directory
  • Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)
  • Alexandru Dima (@alexdima)
  • Alex Ross (@alexr00)
  • Andrea Mah (@andreamah)
  • Benjamin Pasero (@bpasero)
  • Christof Marti (@chrmarti)
  • Connor Peet (@connor4312)
  • Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)
  • Robo (@deepak1556)
  • Erich Gamma (@egamma)
  • Henning Dieterichs (@hediet)
  • Isidor Nikolic (@isidorn)
  • Jackson Kearl (@JacksonKearl)
  • João Moreno (@joaomoreno)
  • Joyce Er (@joyceerhl)
  • Johannes Rieken (@jrieken)
  • Kai Maetzel (@kieferrm)
  • Logan Ramos (@lramos15)
  • Ladislau Szomoru (@lszomoru)
  • Megan Rogge (@meganrogge)
  • Matt Bierner (@mjbvz)
  • Peng Lyu (@rebornix)
  • roblourens
  • Raymond Zhao (@rzhao271)
  • Sandeep Somavarapu (@sandy081)
  • SteVen Batten (@sbatten)
  • tanhakabir
  • TylerLeonhardt
  • Daniel Imms (@Tyriar)
  • Andre Weinand (@weinand)
• Acknowledge pull requests in release notes. We acknowledge PRs from outside the team. We have improved the tooling so that the Connor Peet (@connor4312) can generate the pull request acknowledgment for all repositories at once. Connor Peet (@connor4312)
  • debug-adapter-protocol, inno-updater, jsonc-parser, language-server-protocol, lsif-node, vscode, vscode-codicons, vscode-css-languageservice, vscode-debugadapter-node, vscode-dev-containers, vscode-docs, vscode-emmet-helper, vscode-eslint, vscode-extension-samples, vscode-generator-code, vscode-hexeditor, vscode-html-languageservice, vscode-js-debug, vscode-js-debug-companion, vscode-js-profile-visualizer, vscode-jshint, vscode-json-languageservice, vscode-languageserver-node, vscode-livepreview, vscode-loader, vscode-lsif-extension, vscode-node-debug, vscode-node-debug2, vscode-pull-request-github, vscode-recipes, vscode-references-view, vscode-textmate, vscode-vsce
• Acknowledge issue trackers from the community Christof Marti (@chrmarti)
• Add notable fixes to the release notes all
• When done fixing/verifying and there are changes since last build at the end of day PT
  • Build and manually release Insider from release/<x.y> Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• Localization: Run Update VS Code Branch in the vscode-loc-drop repo with release/* as the VS Code Branch parameter (it's the default so you shouldn't have to change anything) Connor Peet (@connor4312)

Friday/Monday

• Polish release notes redmond
• Fixing (only critical bugs - no string changes)

Monday - Wednesday

• 🔖milestone issues
• 🔖candidate issues
• Polish release notes redmond
• Cherry-pick hand-picked and reviewed changes to release/<x.y> Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• Build Insider from release/<x.y> Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• Manually release Insider Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• Build stable for all platforms as new candidate issues come in Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• Documentation updated
  • Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)
  • Alexandru Dima (@alexdima)
  • Alex Ross (@alexr00)
  • Andrea Mah (@andreamah)
  • Benjamin Pasero (@bpasero)
  • Christof Marti (@chrmarti)
  • Connor Peet (@connor4312)
  • Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)
  • Robo (@deepak1556)
  • Erich Gamma (@egamma)
  • Henning Dieterichs (@hediet)
  • Isidor Nikolic (@isidorn)
  • Jackson Kearl (@JacksonKearl)
  • João Moreno (@joaomoreno)
  • Joyce Er (@joyceerhl)
  • Johannes Rieken (@jrieken)
  • Kai Maetzel (@kieferrm)
  • Logan Ramos (@lramos15)
  • Ladislau Szomoru (@lszomoru)
  • Megan Rogge (@meganrogge)
  • Matt Bierner (@mjbvz)
  • Peng Lyu (@rebornix)
  • roblourens
  • Raymond Zhao (@rzhao271)
  • Sandeep Somavarapu (@sandy081)
  • SteVen Batten (@sbatten)
  • TylerLeonhardt
  • Daniel Imms (@Tyriar)
  • Andre Weinand (@weinand)
• Run scripts/test-documentation.sh|bat and add file or fix issues if there are new colors that are not documented. Connor Peet (@connor4312)

Note: The Insiders build needs to be in the wild for 24 hours before we can enter the last phase of the endgame. Connor Peet (@connor4312)

Wednesday/Thursday - Expected release day (this may change)

• Build stable for all platforms Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• Sanity check of installable bits (server instructions)
  • Windows 32 bit Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)
    • signed installer 32-bit
    • signed user installer 32-bit
    • zip 32-bit
    • server 32-bit
  • Windows 64 bit Andre Weinand (@weinand)
    • signed installer 64-bit
    • signed user installer 64-bit
    • zip 64-bit
    • server 64-bit
  • Windows ARM64 Johannes Rieken (@jrieken)
    • signed installer ARM64
    • signed user installer ARM64
    • zip ARM64
  • macOS
    • Universal Sandeep Somavarapu (@sandy081)
    • Intel Ladislau Szomoru (@lszomoru)
    • Intel server Ladislau Szomoru (@lszomoru)
    • Apple Silicon Sandeep Somavarapu (@sandy081)
  • Linux x64 Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)
    • deb
    • rpm
    • archives
    • snap (sudo snap install --classic --dangerous <file>.snap)
  • Linux server Christof Marti (@chrmarti)
    • x64
    • x64 Alpine
    • ARM32
    • ARM64
• Publish website Greg Van Liew (@gregvanl)
• Publish to stable Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• Trigger the vscode.dev Deploy pipeline for the prod deployment target Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• Create an official release Connor Peet (@connor4312)
  • Create a tag (make sure you pull the release branch first): git tag <x.y.z>
  • Push the tag: git push origin <x.y.z>
  • Create a GitHub release: Open the GitHub tags, and click far right ... > Create Release. Use the correct title and description from our release notes. Also change the relative links for the key highlight list items to absolute links Example
• Twitter announcement Chris Dias (@chrisdias)
• Enable scheduled insider builds Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• Bump up the version in package.json on main - Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• Publish @types/vscode Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• Close the milestone on GitHub Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• Create next milestone and ensure that it has a due date. The created milestone and its due date will be automatically synced across our repos Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• If a recovery build is needed, proceed to https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Endgame-Recovery-Template or https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-internalbacklog/wiki/Patch-Tuesday-Release-Endgame-Template/ Connor Peet (@connor4312)
• If no Patch Tuesday release is planned, let the Updates team know of that fact (CSEClientPatching@microsoft.com) Connor Peet (@connor4312)