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1. Release Manager’s GPG key is published to dist.apache.org
2. Release Manager’s GPG key is configured in git configuration
3. Release Manager has org.apache.flink listed under Staging Profiles in Nexus
4. Release Manager’s Nexus User Token is configured in settings.xml
5. JIRA release item for the subsequent release has been created
6. There are no release blocking JIRA issues
7. Release Notes in JIRA have been audited and adjusted
8. Release branch has been created
9. Originating branch has the version information updated to the new version
10. (major/minor only) Jenkins deployment updated to create snapshot artifacts for release branch (see here)
    
11. (major/minor only) Update migration tests for new version: (search for usages of MigrationVersion)
    
    • AbstractOperatorRestoreTestBase
    • CEPMigrationTest
    • BucketingSinkMigrationTest
    • FlinkKafkaConsumerBaseMigrationTest
    • ContinuousFileProcessingMigrationTest
    • WindowOperatorMigrationTest
    • StatefulJobSavepointMigrationITCase
    • StatefulJobWBroadcastStateMigrationITCase
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Build a release candidate

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1. Release announced on the user@ mailing list.
2. Blog post published, if applicable.
3. Release recorded in reporter.apache.org.
4. Release announced on social media.
5. Completion declared on the dev@ mailing list.
6. Update list of contributors wiki page with new contributors in the release
7. Update Homebrew: https://gist.github.com/EronWright/b62bd3b192a15be4c200a2542f7c9376
8. Update the reference Flink version in the japicmp maven plugin for the API stability checks to the just released minor version.
9. Update the list of previous version in docs/_config.yml on the master branch.
10. Set show_outdated_warning: true in docs/_config.yml in the branch of the previous Flink version
11. Update stable and master alias in flink.conf found in https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/infrastructure/buildbot/aegis/buildmaster/master1/projects
12. Update doc to "stable" in docs/_config.yml
13. (major/minor only) Update migration tests in master to cover migration from new version: (search for usages of MigrationVersion)
    
    • AbstractOperatorRestoreTestBase
    • CEPMigrationTest
    • BucketingSinkMigrationTest
    • FlinkKafkaConsumerBaseMigrationTest
    • ContinuousFileProcessingMigrationTest
    • WindowOperatorMigrationTest
    • StatefulJobSavepointMigrationITCase
    • StatefulJobWBroadcastStateMigrationITCase

Improve the process

It is important that we improve the release processes over time. Once you’ve finished the release, please take a step back and look what areas of this process and be improved. Perhaps some part of the process can be simplified. Perhaps parts of this guide can be clarified.

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