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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: "Kubernetes 1.21 Release Information" |
| 3 | +weight: 98 |
| 4 | +slug: "release" |
| 5 | +aliases: [ "/release" ] |
| 6 | +description: | |
| 7 | + Information regarding the current release cycle including important dates, |
| 8 | + Release Team contact information, tracking spreadsheets and more! |
| 9 | +--- |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +# Kubernetes 1.21 |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +#### Links |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +* [This document](https://git.k8s.io/sig-release/releases/release-1.21/README.md) |
| 16 | +* [Release Team](https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/blob/master/releases/release-1.21/release-team.md) |
| 17 | +* [Meeting Minutes](http://bit.ly/k8s121-releasemtg) (join [kubernetes-sig-release@] to receive meeting invites) |
| 18 | +* [v1.21 Release Calendar][k8s121-calendar] |
| 19 | +* Contact: [#sig-release] on slack, [kubernetes-release-team@] on e-mail |
| 20 | +* [Internal Contact Info][Internal Contact Info] (accessible only to members of [kubernetes-release-team@]) |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +#### Tracking docs |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +* Enhancements Tracking Sheet: TODO |
| 25 | +* Bug Triage Tracking Sheet: TODO |
| 26 | +* CI Signal Report: TODO |
| 27 | +* [Retrospective Document][Retrospective Document] |
| 28 | +* [kubernetes/sig-release v1.21 milestone](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/milestone/49) |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +#### Guides |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +* [Targeting Issues and PRs to This Milestone](https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-release/release.md) |
| 33 | +* [Triaging and Escalating Test Failures](https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-testing/testing.md#troubleshooting-a-failure) |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +## TL;DR |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +The 1.21 release cycle is proposed as follows: |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +- **Monday, January 11th**: Week 1 - Release cycle begins |
| 40 | +- **Tuesday, February 9th**: Week 5 - [Enhancements Freeze](../release_phases.md#enhancements-freeze) |
| 41 | +- **Tuesday, March 9th**: Week 9 - [Code Freeze](../release_phases.md#code-freeze) |
| 42 | +- **TBC**: TBC - [Test Freeze](../release_phases.md#test-freeze) |
| 43 | +- **TBC**: TBC - Docs must be completed and reviewed |
| 44 | +- **Thursday, April 8th**: Week 13 - Kubernetes v1.21.0 released |
| 45 | +- **TBC**: TBC - Release Retrospective |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +## Timeline |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +> The below schedule is tentative and would be finalized by Thursday, January 14. |
| 50 | +
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| 51 | +| **What** | **Who** | **When** | **WEEK** | **CI SIGNAL** | |
| 52 | +|---|---|---|---|---| |
| 53 | +| Start of Release Cycle | Lead | Mon January 11 | week 1 | [master-blocking] | |
| 54 | +| Start Enhancements Tracking | Enhancements Lead | Tue January 12 | | | |
| 55 | +| Schedule finalized | Lead | Thurs January 14 | | | |
| 56 | +| Team finalized | Lead | Friday January 15 | | | |
| 57 | +| 1.21.0-alpha.1 released | Branch Manager | TBC | TBC | | |
| 58 | +| Start Release Notes Draft | Release Notes Lead | TBC | TBC | | |
| 59 | +| **Begin [Enhancements Freeze]** (EOD PST) | Enhancements Lead | Tue February 9th | week 5 | [master-blocking], [master-informing] | |
| 60 | +| 1.21.0-alpha.2 released | Branch Manager | TBC | TBC | | |
| 61 | +| 1.21.0-alpha.3 released | Branch Manager | TBC | TBC | | |
| 62 | +| 1.21.0-beta.0 released | Branch Manager | TBC | TBC | | |
| 63 | +| **Begin [Burndown]** (MWF meetings) | Lead | Mon March 1 | week 8 | [1.21-blocking], [master-blocking], [master-informing] | |
| 64 | +| **Call for [Exceptions][Exception]** | Lead | Mon March 1 | | | |
| 65 | +| Brace Yourself, Code Freeze is Coming | Comms / Bug Triage | Mon March 1 | | | |
| 66 | +| 1.21.0-beta.1 released | Branch Manager | TBC | | | |
| 67 | +| Docs deadline - Open placeholder PRs | Docs Lead | TBC | | | |
| 68 | +| **Begin [Code Freeze]** (EOD PST) | Branch Manager | Tue March 9 | week 9 | | |
| 69 | +| Burndown Meetings daily| Lead | Mon March 15 | week 10 | | |
| 70 | +| 1.21.0-beta.2 released | Branch Manager | TBC | | | |
| 71 | +| Docs deadline - PRs ready for review | Docs Lead | TBC | TBC | | |
| 72 | +| **[Test Freeze]** (EOD PST) | Branch Manager | TBC | | |
| 73 | +| Docs complete - All PRs reviewed and ready to merge | Docs Lead | TBC | TBC | | |
| 74 | +| release-1.21 branch created | Branch Manager | TBC | | | |
| 75 | +| release-1.21 jobs created | Branch Manager | TBC | | | |
| 76 | +| 1.21.0-rc.0 released | Branch Manager | TBC | | | |
| 77 | +| **v1.21.0 released** | Branch Manager | Thurs April 8 | week 13 | | |
| 78 | +| **[Thaw]** | Branch Manager | Thurs April 8 | | | |
| 79 | +| Release retrospective | Community | TBC | TBC | | |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | +## Phases |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | +Please refer to the [release phases document](../release_phases.md). |
| 84 | + |
| 85 | +[k8s121-calendar]: https://bit.ly/k8s-release-cal |
| 86 | +[Internal Contact Info]: http://bit.ly/k8s121-contacts |
| 87 | +[Retrospective Document]: http://bit.ly/k8s121-retro |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +[Enhancements Freeze]: ../release_phases.md#enhancements-freeze |
| 90 | +[Burndown]: ../release_phases.md#burndown |
| 91 | +[Code Freeze]: ../release_phases.md#code-freeze |
| 92 | +[Exception]: ../release_phases.md#exceptions |
| 93 | +[Thaw]: ../release_phases.md#thaw |
| 94 | +[Test Freeze]: ../release_phases.md#test-freeze |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | +[kubernetes-release-team@]: https://groups.google.com/a/kubernetes.io/g/release-team |
| 97 | +[kubernetes-sig-release@]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/kubernetes-sig-release |
| 98 | +[#sig-release]: https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/sig-release/ |
| 99 | +[kubernetes-release-calendar]: https://bit.ly/k8s-release-cal |
| 100 | +[kubernetes/kubernetes]: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes |
| 101 | + |
| 102 | +[master-blocking]: https://testgrid.k8s.io/sig-release-master-blocking#Summary |
| 103 | +[master-informing]: https://testgrid.k8s.io/sig-release-master-informing#Summary |
| 104 | +[1.21-blocking]: https://testgrid.k8s.io/sig-release-1.21-blocking#Summary |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | +[exception requests]: ../EXCEPTIONS.md |
| 107 | +[release phases document]: ../release_phases.md |
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