From https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/blob/main/docs/topics/release-overview.md
[x] Create a task on phabricator with this template
[x] Collect subtasks that need to be included in the release, adding this task as a parent (including security tasks) # All collected
[x] Review open backports for Wikimedia controlled Gerrit extensions included in the release, merging where appropriate [link](https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/status:open+branch:REL1_36(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)) (check that all extensions are included in the search) # No backports on 9/2/2022
[x] Review releases of other extensions
[x] https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/WikibaseLocalMedia/tags # No new releases
[x] https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/WikibaseEdtf/tags # 2.0.0 is out, but that would likely warrant being part of a larger release, Also `If you have MediaWiki 1.37, use ^2.0.0 instead of ^1.2.0`
[x] Create a draft PR for the new release in the releasing repository # https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/pull/303
[x] Make the pipeline build the new release by changing `env_file` in `.github/workflows/built_and_test.yml`
[x] Make the draft PR green # https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/pull/303
[x] Prepare the final round of patches
[x] Release notes in Wikibase.git # https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase/+/761576
[x] Any security patches for any codebases # Prepared locally, ready to push
[x] Prepare communication # wmde internal https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tlZYOGvAM2gCqNyDvNVRXL-fN-ya2XC99RmrvX-AC48
[] Merge final patches
[] Update any needed commit hashes in the release env file
[] Merge the release PR
[] Test and verify RC candidates
[] Deploy artefacts to test system
[] Publish release candidates