2024.1 Caracal Release Schedule
2024.1 Caracal Release Schedule¶
Note
Deadlines are generally the Thursday of the week on which they are noted below. Exceptions to this policy will be explicitly mentioned in the event description.
October 5, 2023 - April 3, 2024 (26 weeks)
Week |
Cross-project events |
Project-specific events |
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Oct 02 - Oct 06 |
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Oct 09 - Oct 13 |
R-25 |
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Oct 16 - Oct 20 |
R-24 |
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Oct 23 - Oct 27 |
R-23 |
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Oct 30 - Nov 03 |
R-22 |
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Nov 06 - Nov 10 |
R-21 |
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Nov 13 - Nov 17 |
R-20 |
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Nov 20 - Nov 24 |
R-19 |
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Nov 27 - Dec 01 |
R-18 |
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Dec 04 - Dec 08 |
R-17 |
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Dec 11 - Dec 15 |
R-16 |
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Dec 18 - Dec 22 |
R-15 |
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Dec 25 - Dec 29 |
R-14 |
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Jan 01 - Jan 05 |
R-13 |
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Jan 08 - Jan 12 |
R-12 |
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Jan 15 - Jan 19 |
R-11 |
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Jan 22 - Jan 26 |
R-10 |
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Jan 29 - Feb 02 |
R-9 |
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Feb 05 - Feb 09 |
R-8 |
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Feb 12 - Feb 16 |
R-7 |
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Feb 19 - Feb 23 |
R-6 |
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Feb 26 - Mar 01 |
R-5 |
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Mar 04 - Mar 08 |
R-4 |
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Mar 11 - Mar 15 |
R-3 |
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Mar 18 - Mar 22 |
R-2 |
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Mar 25 - Mar 29 |
R-1 |
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Apr 01 - Apr 05 |
R+0 |
Cross-project events¶
PTG (virtual)¶
From October 23 to October 27 we’ll have a virtual PTG to plan the Caracal release schedule.
Caracal-1 milestone¶
November 16, 2023 is the Caracal-1 milestone. See project-specific notes for relevant deadlines.
Bobcat Cycle-Trailing Release Deadline¶
All projects following the cycle-trailing release model must release their Bobcat deliverables by 7 December, 2023.
Caracal-2 milestone¶
January 11, 2024 is the Caracal-2 milestone. See project-specific notes for relevant deadlines.
Membership Freeze¶
Projects must participate in at least two milestones in order to be considered part of the release. Projects made official after the second milestone, or which fail to produce milestone releases for at least one of the first and second milestones as well as the third milestone, are therefore not considered part of the release for the cycle. This does not apply to cycle-trailing packaging / lifecycle management projects.
Extra-AC freeze¶
All contributions to OpenStack are valuable, but some are not expressed as Gerrit code changes. That allow teams to list active contributors to their projects and who do not have a code contribution this cycle, and therefore won’t automatically be considered an Active Contributor and allowed to vote. This is done by adding extra-acs to https://opendev.org/openstack/governance/src/branch/master/reference/projects.yaml before the Extra-AC freeze date.
Final release for non-client libraries¶
Libraries that are not client libraries (Oslo and others) should issue their final release during this week. That allows to give time for last-minute changes before feature freeze.
Caracal-3 milestone¶
February 29, 2024 is the Caracal-3 milestone. See project-specific notes for relevant deadlines.
Feature freeze¶
The Caracal-3 milestone marks feature freeze for projects following the release:cycle-with-rc model. No featureful patch should be landed after this point. Exceptions may be granted by the project PTL.
Final release for client libraries¶
Client libraries should issue their final release during this week, to match feature freeze.
Soft StringFreeze¶
You are no longer allowed to accept proposed changes containing modifications in user-facing strings. Such changes should be rejected by the review team and postponed until the next series development opens (which should happen when RC1 is published).
Requirements freeze¶
After the Caracal-3 milestone, only critical requirements and constraints changes will be allowed. Freezing our requirements list gives packagers downstream an opportunity to catch up and prepare packages for everything necessary for distributions of the upcoming release. The requirements remain frozen until the stable branches are created, with the release candidates.
RC1 target week¶
The week of March 11, 2024 is the target date for projects following the release:cycle-with-rc model to issue their first release candidate.
Hard StringFreeze¶
This happens when the RC1 for the project is tagged. At this point, ideally no strings are changed (or added, or removed), to give translators time to finish up their efforts.
Final RCs and intermediary releases¶
The week of March 25, 2024 is the last week to issue release candidates or intermediary releases before release week. During release week, only final-release-critical releases will be accepted (at the discretion of the release team).
Caracal release¶
The Caracal coordinated release will happen on Wednesday, April 3, 2024.
Cycle Highlights¶
Cycle highlights need to be added to the release deliverables after the feature freeze to be included in any marketing release messaging. Highlights may be added after this point, but they will likely only be useful for historical purposes.
See the Project Team Guide for more details and instructions on adding these highlights.
For examples of previous release highlights: Stein Highlights, Train Highlights, Ussuri Highlights, Victoria Highlights, Wallaby Highlights, Xena Highlights, Yoga Highlights, Zed Highlights.
Project-specific events¶
Oslo¶
Oslo Feature Freeze¶
All new Oslo features must be proposed and substantially complete, with unit tests by the end of the week.
Cinder¶
Cinder Mid Cycle PTG - 1¶
We will be conducting a mid-cycle PTG on 6th December, 2023 (Wednesday) which is a continuation of 2024.1 Caracal PTG to track progress and discuss new topics in a similar manner as of PTG.
Wednesday 6th December 2023 (1400-1600 UTC).
Cinder Spec Freeze¶
All Cinder Specs for features to be implemented in 2024.1 Caracal must be approved by Friday 22 December 2022 (23:59 UTC).
Cinder New Driver Merge Deadline¶
The deadline for merging a new backend driver to Cinder for the 2024.1 Caracal release is Friday 26 January 2024 (20:00 UTC). New drivers must be (a) code complete including unit tests, (b) merged into the code repository, and (c) must have a 3rd Party CI running reliably. (Note that because of where some holidays fall this cycle, this is later than the usual Milestone-2 deadline.)
Cinder New Target Driver Merge Deadline¶
The deadline for merging a new target driver to Cinder for the 2024.1 Caracal release is Friday 26 January 2024 (20:00 UTC). New target drivers must be (a) code complete including unit tests, (b) merged into the code repository, and (c) must have a 3rd Party CI running reliably.
Cinder New Feature Status Checkpoint¶
If your new Cinder feature requires client support, keep in mind that the final release for client libraries is in four weeks. Thus your Cinder feature should be substantially complete with unit tests by this time so that any client changes can be reviewed, tested, and merged before 01 March 2024.
Cinder Driver Features Declaration¶
New features added to Cinder drivers must be merged at the time of the OpenStack-wide Feature Freeze, which is coming up in two weeks. Before the Cinder meeting this week, you should post a blueprint in Launchpad listing the Gerrit reviews of features you’d like to land in 2024.1 Caracal. (You can look among the 2023.1 and 2023.2 blueprints for examples; contact the PTL if you have any questions.) This will help the team prioritize reviews and give you candid early feedback on whether the features look ready.
Cinder Mid Cycle PTG - 2¶
We will be conducting Midcycle-2 PTG on 14th February, 2024 (Wednesday) which is a continuation of 2024.1 Caracal Midcycle-1 PTG to track progress and discuss new topics in a similar manner as of Midcycle-1 PTG.
Wednesday 14th February 2024 (1400-1600 UTC).
Cinder 3rd Party CI Compliance Checkpoint¶
This is a reminder that in order for a Cinder driver to be considered ‘supported’ in the 2024.1 Caracal release, its third party CI must be running properly when the Cinder team does a final compliance check around the time of the third milestone. See the Driver Compliance section of the Cinder Documentation for details.
Nova¶
Nova Spec Review Day¶
On 7 November 2023 and 5 December 2023, Nova specifications targeting 2024.1 implementation will be prioritized for reviews by the Nova core team.
Nova Spec Freeze¶
All Nova Specs for features to be implemented in 2024.1 Caracal must be approved by 11 January 2024 (23:59 UTC).
Nova Implementation Review Day¶
On 15 November 2023 and 10 January 2024, Nova prioritized blueprints and bugfixes with open changes will be reviewed by the Nova core team.
Manila¶
Manila Spec Freeze¶
All Manila specs targeted to 2024.1 Caracal must be approved by the end of the week.
Manila New Driver Deadline¶
By the end of the week all new backend drivers for Manila must be substantially complete, with unit tests, and passing 3rd party CI. Drivers do not have to actually merge until feature freeze.
Manila Feature Proposal Freeze¶
All new Manila features must be proposed and substantially completed, with unit, functional and integration tests by the end of the week.
Manila Hackathon¶
Manila community event promoted in order to tackle the implementation of features or tech debt areas.
Manila Bugsquash¶
Manila community event promoted in order to fast-track the closure of bugs.
2024.2 TC and PTL Elections¶
2024.2 Election Email Deadline¶
Contributors that will be in the electorate for the upcoming election should confirm their gerrit email addresses by this date (February 28th, 2024 at 00:00 UTC). Electorate rolls are generated after this date and ballots will be sent to the listed gerrit email address.
2024.2 Election Nomination Begins¶
Candidates interested in serving for the next calendar year (TC), or development cycle (PTL) should announce their candidacies and platforms during this week. Please see the Election site for specific timing information.
2024.2 Election Campaigning Begins¶
The electorate has time to ask candidates questions about their platforms and debate topics before polling begins. Please see the Election site for specific timing information.
2024.2 Election Polling Begins¶
Election polling for open seats on the TC and any required PTL elections. Please see the Election site for specific timing information.
2024.2 Election Polling Ends¶
All polls close in the 2024.2 Election and results announced. Please see the Election site for specific timing information.
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