Release checklist for 0.65.x Hotfix 1 (Release Channel) #4896
Description
Feel free to copy this into an issue if you want to keep track of items per-milestone.
Be super sure that is replaced with the version you wish to use.
Prerequisites
- Check https://github.com/brave/webtorrent is up to date with its latest upstream.
- Check https://github.com/brave/bittorrent-tracker is up to date with its latest upstream.
- Check https://github.com/brave/torrent-discovery is up to date with its latest upstream.
- Check Tor is up to date with its latest upstream.
- At freeze date, consult with the security team to ensure that all security issues have been included.
- At freeze date, consult with PR team (@catherinecorre) and provide heads up on release timing, screenshots, other deliverables.
Release Notes to Staging
- Mark closed issues in github as release-notes/exclude or release-notes/include.
- Stage release notes to https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/
- Stage release notes to brave.com/release/
Certification and Builds
- Upload builds to Omaha test channels (
86-r-test,64-r-test,test(mac)) - Log into Fastly, clear CDN cache for:
updates-cdn.bravesoftware.com,updates.bravesoftware.com
Test Staging for Updates
- Install a prior version of the app from test channels (
86-r-test,64-r-test,test(mac)) - Go to "About Brave" page to update
- Confirm version matches expectations
- QA summary and build verification report.
Release to production download locations
- Publish github release (remove 'pre-release' checkmark)
- Upload Mac/Win build to Omaha production channels (
x86-rel,x64-rel,stable(mac)) - Sign Linux builds and upload to S3 repositories
- Upload Mac
.dmgand.pkgto S3 bucket (i.e.aws s3 cp ./Brave-Browser-Dev.dmg s3://brave-browser-downloads/latest/Brave-Browser-Dev.dmg --acl public-read) - Upload Windows stub and silent installer to S3 bucket using similar command to Mac dmg above (i.e
BraveBrowserSetup.exe,BraveBrowserSetup32.exe,BraveBrowserSilentSetup.exe,BraveBrowserSilentSetup32.exe)
Clear Production Fastly cache
- Log into Fastly, clear CDN cache for:
brave-browser-downloads.s3.brave.com,brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com,brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com,updates-cdn.bravesoftware.com,updates.bravesoftware.com
Updates Testing on Production
- Wait for confirmation that Windows live update works
- Wait for confirmation that macOS live update works
- Wait for confirmation that Linux live update works
- Update the Brave Snap Package under Ubuntu
Download Binaries from Brave.com
- download binary from https://brave.com
- download binary from https://brave.com/download
- download binary using https://laptop-updates.brave.com/latest/winx64
- download binary using https://laptop-updates.brave.com/latest/winia32
- download binary using https://laptop-updates.brave.com/latest/osx
- download binary to test promos https://brave.com/kjo527 - kjozwiak.github.io [Production]
- download binary to test promos https://brave.com/red194 - Twitch (redPwnie) [Production]
- download binary to test promos https://brave.com/kam253 - YT (kamiljoz) [Production]
- download binary to test promos https://brave.com/bra941 - YT (braveqa1) [Production]
- download binary to test promos https://brave.com/reb402 - YT (reb402) [Production]
Announcements
- Publish the release notes to github and brave.com/releases. (@rebron)
- Announce release on https://community.brave.com/ (@Brave-Matt)
- Announce release on https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/ (@Brave-Matt)
- Notify #announcements, #community of the latest release with a link to the release notes
Update Release channel wiki
- Update entries here as needed: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Brave-Release-Schedule