**Checklist:**
[] Do any other issues need to be specifically included in this release? if so, add them as children of this task
[] Review open backports for Wikimedia controlled Gerrit extensions included in the release, merging where appropriate [[ https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/status:open+branch:REL1_39(project:mediawiki/extensions/Babel+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/cldr+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/CirrusSearch+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/Elastica+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/EntitySchema+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/Nuke+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/OAuth+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/Scribunto+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/UniversalLanguageSelector+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor++project:mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseCirrusSearch+OR++project:mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseManifest) | link ]] (check that all extensions are included in the search and the correct REL_x version is used)
- It could be that trivial fixes are queued up ready in release branches. These can be merged ahead of a release so they are included in the release.
- To streamline the process in the future we may choose to drop this step
[] Create a PR with the following changes:
[] changes to env files
[] update commit hashes if needed
[] add release notes
[] Test Release Candidate
[] CI should be green
[] run automated tests locally
[] deploy artifacts to [[ https://wikibase-product-testing.wmcloud.org | test system ]] and give the PM a heads up
[] Prepare communication doc ([[ https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kHhKKwHlwq_P9x4j8-UnzV72yq0AYpsZ | folder ]])
[] Ping ComCom and TechWriter to go over the comm doc
[] agree with ComCom on a timing to publish the release
[] Publish release candidates ([[ https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/blob/main/docs/topics/publishing.md | howto ]]):
[] dockerhub
[] releases.wikimedia.org
[] Update and merge PR for docker-compose example in release-pipeline repository
[] Tags
[] Dxocs
[] mw.org
[] docker-compose example references
[] Record build meta data
[] Communication is sent
**Acceptance Criteria:**
[] Docker Images pushed
[] Tarballs released
[optional] **Notes:**
- existing `mw-1.40` branch
- Upstream docker image is available already https://hub.docker.com/_/mediawiki/
- Work off of the [Release Checklist](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BGxcqt9CHbb-8dfWjK-lZmNoNcD08urb23JqtgoVTeg/edit#heading=h.qjz0elg5ctgz) and take notes on steps taken and steps skipped
[optional] **Open Questions:**
- none atm