zebra/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md

name	about	title	labels	assignees
🚀 Zebra Release	Zebra team use only	Publish next Zebra release: (version)	A-release, C-trivial, P-Medium ⚡

Prepare for the Release

These release steps can be done a week before the release, in separate PRs. They can be skipped for urgent releases.

Checkpoints

For performance and security, we want to update the Zebra checkpoints in every release.

• You can copy the latest checkpoints from CI by following the zebra-checkpoints README.

Missed Dependency Updates

Sometimes dependabot misses some dependency updates, or we accidentally turned them off.

This step can be skipped if there is a large pending dependency upgrade. (For example, shared ECC crates.)

Here's how we make sure we got everything:

• Run cargo update on the latest main branch, and keep the output
• If needed, add duplicate dependency exceptions to deny.toml
• If needed, remove resolved duplicate dependencies from deny.toml
• Open a separate PR with the changes
• Add the output of cargo update to that PR as a comment

Prepare and Publish the Release

Follow the steps in the release checklist to prepare the release:

Release PR:

• Update Changelog
• Update README
• Update Zebra Versions
• Update End of Support Height

Publish Release:

• Create & Test GitHub Pre-Release
• Publish GitHub Release
• Publish Rust Crates
• Publish Docker Images