This documents related to 2021-09, the Eclipse Foundation's multi-project Simultaneous Release of September 2021.

Common information

Simultaneous Release Plan - Information that stays the same for each release, like requirements for participation, communication channels, etc.

Release schedule

Release	Date	Span	Due dates	Notes
2021-09 M1	Friday, July 16, 2021	07/09 to 07/16	Opt-in deadline (new projects only) Create your release record (for new releases) CQ Submission deadline (new third-party content)	3 weeks from 2021-06 GA
2021-09 M2	Friday, August 6, 2021	07/30 to 08/06		3 weeks from M1
2021-09 M3	Friday, August 27, 2021	08/20 to 08/27	IP Log submission deadline	3 weeks from M2
2021-09 RC1	Friday, September 3, 2021	08/27 to 09/03	No new features and APIs after this date! Release Review materials due New and Noteworthy entries due	1 week from M3
2021-09 RC2	Friday, September 10, 2021	09/03 to 09/10		1 week from RC1
Quiet period	09/10 to 09/14		No builds during "quiet period". It is assumed all code is done by the end of RC2.
2021-09 GA	Wednesday, September 15, 2021		Release reviews conclude on this date	5 days from RC2