• June 29 Code freeze for the endgame
• July 2 Endgame done
• July 7 Expected release date (this may change)

Monday

• Run OSS tool endgame champion
• Create Test plan item for smoke testing (template) endgame champion
• Update links in Endgame issue and Endgame notebooks to point to new milestone endgame champion
• Code freeze at 5pm PT
• Ensure we have a green build on all platforms at 5pm PT
• Create test plan items following the template here by 6pm PT
• Add verification-needed label to features needed testing and are not tested by TPIs.
• Update your availability for testing here – https://vscode-tools.azurewebsites.net/testers

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
• 🔖All closed feature-requests either have a verification-needed or on-testplan label
• 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
• Prepare for Smoke test: Make sure all smoke test issues are labelled smoke-test and fixed endgame champion

Thursday

• Fixing (self-assigned, milestone assigned, NO discussion during standup)
  • Move issues to the next month that can be deferred
• 🔖Verification needed
• 🔖Verification
• Prepare for Smoke test: Make sure all smoke test issues are labelled smoke-test and fixed endgame champion

Friday

• Pause scheduled insider builds endgame champion
• Satellite modules/npm packages ready, version updated, smoke tested
  • vscode Eric Amodio (@eamodio)
  • yo generator Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)
  • vsce João Moreno (@joaomoreno)
  • node debug Andre Weinand (@weinand)
  • js-debug Connor Peet (@connor4312)
  • node debugadapter node Andre Weinand (@weinand)
  • debug adapter protocol Andre Weinand (@weinand)
  • custom data for html/css Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)
• All issues 🔖verified
• Branch code to release/<x.y> endgame champion
• Fixing (scrutiny sets in once branched – major bugs only – to be discussed in stand-up meeting, labeled as candidate)
• Smoketest (⚠️ MUST run with --stable-build argument ⚠️ )
  • Windows – Alex Ross (@alexr00)
  • macOS (Universal) – Sandeep Somavarapu (@sandy081)
  • Linux – Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)
• 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)
  • Eric Amodio (@eamodio)
  • Erich Gamma (@egamma)
  • Henning Dieterichs (@hediet)
  • Isidor Nikolic (@isidorn)
  • Jackson Kearl (@JacksonKearl)
  • João Moreno (@joaomoreno)
  • 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)
• Acknowledge pull requests in release notes. We acknowledge PRs from outside the team. We have improved the tooling so that the endgame champion can generate the pull request acknowledgment for all repositories at once. endgame champion
  • 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-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> endgame champion
• Bump up the version in package.json on main – endgame champion
• Announce main is open for business endgame champion
• 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) endgame champion

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> endgame champion
• Build Insider from release/<x.y> endgame champion
• Manually release Insider endgame champion
• Build stable for all platforms as new candidate issues come in endgame champion
• 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)
  • Eric Amodio (@eamodio)
  • Erich Gamma (@egamma)
  • Henning Dieterichs (@hediet)
  • Isidor Nikolic (@isidorn)
  • Jackson Kearl (@JacksonKearl)
  • João Moreno (@joaomoreno)
  • 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.

Note: The Insiders build needs to be in the wild for 24 hours before we can enter the last phase of the endgame. endgame champion

Tuesday/Wednesday (the day before the release)

• Smoketest (⚠️ MUST run with --stable-build argument ⚠️ )
  • Windows – Benjamin Pasero (@bpasero)
  • macOS (Universal) – Johannes Rieken (@jrieken)
  • Linux – Christof Marti (@chrmarti)

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

• Build stable for all platforms endgame champion
• Sanity check of installable bits
  • Windows 32 bit Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)
    • signed installer 32-bit
    • signed user installer 32-bit
    • zip 32-bit
    • server 32-bit
  • Windows 64 bit Alex Ross (@alexr00)
    • signed installer 64-bit
    • signed user installer 64-bit
    • zip 64-bit
    • server 64-bit
  • Windows ARM64 João Moreno (@joaomoreno)
    • signed installer ARM64
    • signed user installer ARM64
    • zip ARM64
  • macOS Johannes Rieken (@jrieken)
    • Universal
    • Intel
    • Intel server
    • Apple Silicon
  • Linux x64 Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)
    • deb
    • rpm
    • archives
    • snap (sudo snap install --classic --dangerous <file>.snap)
  • Linux server Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)
    • x64
    • x64 Alpine
    • ARM32
    • ARM64
  • Server instructions
• Publish website Greg Van Liew (@gregvanl)
• Publish Localization language pack TylerLeonhardt 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) endgame champion
• Publish to stable endgame champion
• Create an official release endgame champion
  • Create a tag: 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. Example
• Publish @types/vscode endgame champion
• Enable scheduled insider builds endgame champion
• Twitter announcement Chris Dias (@chrisdias)