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* do not include patch releases in the release schedule
* fix the Gitea compatibility of 7.0 & 8.0
* change the feature freeze from two to three weeks. See
  * https://codeberg.org/forgejo/discussions/issues/180
	* https://codeberg.org/forgejo/discussions/issues/187
* remove cutting a release in favor of copy/pasting previous
  checklists
* remove release notes as it is not done on a rolling basis
* move the runner publication down as it was in the middle
  of the release process sections
* reminder of LTS toolchain upgrades
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@ -7,18 +7,18 @@ license: 'CC-BY-SA-4.0'
Forgejo stable releases are published on a fixed schedule, every quarter.
| **Date** | **Version** | **Release date** | **End Of Life** |
| -------- | ------------------------ | ---------------- | ---------------- |
| 2024 Q1 | 7.0.0+gitea-1.22.0 (LTS) | 23 April 2024 | **16 July 2025** |
| 2024 Q2 | 8.0.0+gitea-A.B.C | 17 July 2024 | 16 October 2024 |
| 2024 Q3 | X.Y.Z+gitea-A.B.C | 16 October 2024 | 15 January 2025 |
| 2024 Q4 | X.Y.Z+gitea-A.B.C | 15 January 2025 | 16 April 2025 |
| 2025 Q1 | X.Y.Z+gitea-A.B.C (LTS) | 16 April 2025 | **14 July 2026** |
| 2025 Q2 | X.Y.Z+gitea-A.B.C | 16 July 2025 | 15 October 2025 |
| 2025 Q3 | X.Y.Z+gitea-A.B.C | 15 October 2025 | 14 January 2026 |
| 2025 Q4 | X.Y.Z+gitea-A.B.C | 14 January 2026 | 15 April 2026 |
| 2026 Q1 | X.Y.Z+gitea-A.B.C (LTS) | 15 April 2026 | **14 July 2027** |
| 2026 Q2 | X.Y.Z+gitea-A.B.C | 15 July 2026 | 14 October 2026 |
| **Date** | **Version** | **Feature freeze** | **Release date** | **End Of Life** |
| -------- | -------------------- | ------------------ | ---------------- | ---------------- |
| 2024 Q1 | 7.0+gitea-1.21 (LTS) | | 23 April 2024 | **16 July 2025** |
| 2024 Q2 | 8.0+gitea-1.22 | 1 July 2024 | 17 July 2024 | 16 October 2024 |
| 2024 Q3 | 9.0+gitea-A.B | 25 September 2024 | 16 October 2024 | 15 January 2025 |
| 2024 Q4 | X.Y+gitea-A.B | 25 December 2024 | 15 January 2025 | 16 April 2025 |
| 2025 Q1 | X.Y+gitea-A.B (LTS) | 26 March 2025 | 16 April 2025 | **14 July 2026** |
| 2025 Q2 | X.Y+gitea-A.B | 25 June 2025 | 16 July 2025 | 15 October 2025 |
| 2025 Q3 | X.Y+gitea-A.B | 24 September 2025 | 15 October 2025 | 14 January 2026 |
| 2025 Q4 | X.Y+gitea-A.B | 24 December 2025 | 14 January 2026 | 15 April 2026 |
| 2026 Q1 | X.Y+gitea-A.B (LTS) | 25 March 2026 | 15 April 2026 | **14 July 2027** |
| 2026 Q2 | X.Y+gitea-A.B | 24 June 2026 | 15 July 2026 | 14 October 2026 |
### Stable release support
@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Experimental releases are published daily in [forgejo-experimental](https://code
The Forgejo release numbers are compliant with [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/). They are followed by the Gitea release number with which it is compatible. For instance:
- Forgejo **v7.1.0+gitea-1.22.0** is compatible with Gitea **v1.22.0**.
- Forgejo **v7.0.5+gitea-1.21.0** is compatible with Gitea **v1.21.0**.
The release candidates are built of the stable branch and published with the **-test** suffix:
@ -66,41 +66,11 @@ The TL;DR: to publish a vX.Y.Z release is to:
### Feature freeze
- Two weeks before the release date only bug fixes can be merged
- Three weeks before the release date only bug fixes can be merged
### Cutting a release
When a new `vX.Y.Z` release is ready to enter the release candidate stages:
- Verify in the Makefile that the variable GITEA_COMPATIBILITY is set to the right version.
- Create a new `vX.Y/forgejo` branch from the `forgejo` branch.
- Add a `backport/vX.Y` label in the [issue tracker](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues).
- Set a `v(X+1).0.0-dev` tag on the forgejo branch and make sure it is at least one commit ahead of the `vX.Y/forgejo` branch so they do not conflict.
- Push the `v(X+1).0.0-dev` tag to the https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo repository
- Push the `v(X+1).0.0-dev` tag to the https://codeberg.org/forgejo-integration/forgejo repository and cancel the build release job
- Add add a `vX.Y/forgejo` branch protection rule https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/settings/branches
- Trigger a mirror workflow in https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo and verify the `X.Y-test` and `(X+1).0-test` releases are published in https://codeberg.org/forgejo-experimental
- Update end-to-end to [know about the new release](https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/end-to-end/pulls/139). It must be done after the first `(X+1).0-test` release is available in experimental otherwise it will fail to find it and will block the automated release process in the forgejo-integration repository
- Documentation
- In [the documentation](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/docs)
- Create the `vX.Y` branch from next
- Create the `backport/vX.Y` label
- In [the website](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/website) add a submodule similar to [this commit](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/website/commit/3f1e62be22f96d048309157e8779cbfcf204eb90)
### Release Notes
- Add an entry in RELEASE-NOTES.md
The dependencies where user visible changes should be harvested when they are upgraded are:
- [Alpine](https://www.alpinelinux.org/)
- [git](https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=git)
- [gnupg](https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=gnupg)
- [sqlite](https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=sqlite)
- [openssh](https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=openssh)
- [Gitea](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea)
- [chroma](https://github.com/alecthomas/chroma/) - syntax highlight
- [go-enry](https://github.com/go-enry/go-enry) & [linguist](https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist) - language detection
Create a new issue based on the checklist of the previous release ([for instance v8.0.0](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/4153)).
### Forgejo release building and testing
@ -138,13 +108,47 @@ It will trigger a workflow to:
- Download Binaries from https://codeberg.org/forgejo-experimental, sign them and copy them to https://codeberg.org/forgejo
- Copy container images from https://codeberg.org/forgejo-experimental to https://codeberg.org/forgejo
### Forgejo release mirror
### Website update
- Restart the last CI build at https://codeberg.org/forgejo/website/src/branch/main/
- Verify [https://forgejo.org/download/](/download/) points to the expected release
- Manually try the instructions to work
### DNS update
- Update the `release.forgejo.org` TXT record that starts with `forgejo_versions=` to be `forgejo_versions=vX.Y.Z`
## LTS toolchain upgrades
The Forgejo toolchain relies on Go OCI images based on
Alpine. Only the [last two Alpine versions are
supported](https://github.com/docker-library/golang/commit/cf7a37dedf1fd5a25ca72075645368d1e3c30c4a)
and will be EOL before the Forgejo LTS. In order to receive security
updates the toolchain needs to be upgraded to a supported Alpine and
Go version because it goes EOL.
## Automated experimental releases
The Forgejo development and stable branches are [pushed daily to the
forgejo-integration](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/.forgejo/workflows/mirror.yml).
It triggers the [release build
workflow](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/.forgejo/workflows/build-release.yml)
which creates a new release for each updated branch, based on their latest commit:
- the `forgejo` branch creates the `X.Y-test` release where `X.Y` is based on the most recent tag. For instance:
- the tag `v8.0.0-dev` will create the `8.0-test` release
- the tag `v8.1.0-dev` will create the `8.1-test` release
- the `v*/forgejo` branches create `X.Y-test` releases where `X.Y` is based on their name. For instance:
- the branch `v7.0/forgejo` will create the `7.0-test` release
- the branch `v7.1/forgejo` will create the `7.1-test` release
## Forgejo release mirror
The https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/forgejo repository is a read-only
mirror [updated daily](https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/main/.forgejo/workflows) with the release assets
and the branches from https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo.
### Forgejo runner publication
## Forgejo runner publication
- Push the vX.Y.Z tag to https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner
@ -169,47 +173,14 @@ If publishing the release needs debug, it can be done manually:
It can also be done from the CLI with `forgejo-runner exec` and
providing the secrets from the command line.
### Securing the release token and cryptographic keys
For both the Forgejo runner and Forgejo itself, copying and signing the release artifacts (container images and binaries) happen on a Forgejo instance [not publicly accessible](../infrastructure/#octopuce) to safeguard the token that has write access to the Forgejo repository as well as the cryptographic key used to sign the releases.
### Website update
- Restart the last CI build at https://codeberg.org/forgejo/website/src/branch/main/
- Verify [https://forgejo.org/download/](/download/) points to the expected release
- Manually try the instructions to work
### DNS update
- Update the `release.forgejo.org` TXT record that starts with `forgejo_versions=` to be `forgejo_versions=vX.Y.Z`
### Standard toot
The following toot can be re-used to announce a minor release at `https://floss.social/@forgejo`. For more significant releases it is best to consider a dedicated and non-standard toot.
```
#Forgejo vX.Y.Z was just released! This is a minor patch. Check out the release notes and download it at https://forgejo.org/releases/. If you experience any issues with this release, please report to https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues.
```
## Experimental releases
The Forgejo development and stable branches are [pushed daily to the
forgejo-integration](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/.forgejo/workflows/mirror.yml).
It triggers the [release build
workflow](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/.forgejo/workflows/build-release.yml)
which creates a new release for each updated branch, based on their latest commit:
- the `forgejo` branch creates the `X.Y-test` release where `X.Y` is based on the most recent tag. For instance:
- the tag `v8.0.0-dev` will create the `8.0-test` release
- the tag `v8.1.0-dev` will create the `8.1-test` release
- the `v*/forgejo` branches create `X.Y-test` releases where `X.Y` is based on their name. For instance:
- the branch `v7.0/forgejo` will create the `7.0-test` release
- the branch `v7.1/forgejo` will create the `7.1-test` release
## Release signing keys management
A GPG master key with no expiration date is created and shared with members of the Owners team via encrypted email. A subkey with a one year expiration date is created and stored in the secrets repository (`openpgp/20??-release-team.gpg`), to be used by the release pipeline. The public master key is stored in the secrets repository and published where relevant (keys.openpgp.org for instance).
### Securing the release token and cryptographic keys
For both the Forgejo runner and Forgejo itself, copying and signing the release artifacts (container images and binaries) happen on a Forgejo instance [not publicly accessible](../infrastructure/#octopuce) to safeguard the token that has write access to the Forgejo repository as well as the cryptographic key used to sign the releases.
### Master key creation
- gpg --expert --full-generate-key