== Wikibase Suite Release Task
- [ ] **Pending issues as subtasks**. If any open tickets need to be resolved and/or related changes need to be included in the release, add them as subtasks of this release ticket.
- [ ] **To release breaking changes** as a new major version of WBS Deploy, create a new branch called `deploy-X`, where `X` is the new major version.
- [ ] Create a release PR with the following changes targeting the appropriate `deploy-X` release branch.
- [ ] **Update `variables.env`** by adjusting WBS versions and upstream versions. You can find further instructions in the [variables.env](https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/blob/main/variables.env) file itself.
- [ ] **Update `CHANGES.md`** by adding a section following the example of previous releases.
- [ ] **CI should be green**. Tests may need adjustments in order to pass for the new version. Minor releases are likely to pass without any adjustments. Try re-running tests on failure, some specs could be flaky.
- [ ] **Do a sanity check by manually reviewing a running instance using your build**. This can be done locally on your machine or on a public server. You can find built images from your release PR on the [GitHub Container Registry](https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/pkgs/container/wikibase%2Fwikibase) tagged with `dev-BRANCHNAME`, e.g., `dev-releaseprep`. This tag can be used to set up an instance running your release PR version.
- [ ] **Get two reviews on the release PR** so that it is ready to be merged. **Merging to `deploy-X` later will trigger the release to Docker Hub.** Do not merge yet!
- [ ] **Prepare communication** by creating a [release announcement](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kHhKKwHlwq_P9x4j8-UnzV72yq0AYpsZ) using a template.
- [ ] **Coordinate with ComCom on timing the publication of the release**. Talk to SCoT (ComCom, technical writer) about this.
- [ ] **Publish the release** by merging the release branch into the `deploy-X` branch. **ATTENTION: This will automatically push images to Docker Hub!**
- [ ] **Merge back to main in a separate PR** from `deploy-X` to have adjustments to `CHANGES.md` and alike available on `main` too. Changes from `variables.env` should only be taken from a release of the latest version so that `main` always references the build of the latest components.
You`re done. **Congratulations!**