- [ ] 1. Decide on release designation (are we doing a patch, or minor version bump) and start a P.R. for the release
- [ ] 2. Add commits/PRs that are desired for this release **that haven’t already been added to develop**
- [ ] 3. Merge items in `PENDING.md` into the `CHANGELOG.md`. While doing this make sure that each entry contains links to issues/PRs for each item
- [ ] 4. Summarize breaking API changes section under “Breaking Changes” section to the `CHANGELOG.md` to bring attention to any breaking API changes that affect RPC consumers.