Release 1.35

[matzew]

Release Checklist

Resources

• https://github.com/openshift-knative/serverless-operator/blob/main/README.md#create-a-new-version
• Video from pierdipi showing the release process

Pre-checks

• Check if the OCP versions in the release-matrix match our current CI config. If not, fix the versions first
• Check if there are open PRs for Serverless-Operator that need to be merged
• Check with the teams if they have all the necessary patches in the dependent repositories
• Run the validate action in serverless-operator and wait for it to complete
• Merge PRs created by GitHub actions
• Make sure that Serverless-Operator CI and periodics are passing. Check for example the periodic jobs in #serverless-ci

Cutting the new release branch

• Create a new branch from main with the pattern release-x.xx
• Approve CI setup for release-1.X branch in openshift/release and wait for the PR to be merged.
• Approve PRs created by GitHub actions bot in serverless-operator
• [Only for release-1.35+] Revoke and recreate the token for the Konflux auto apply workflow
• [Only for release-1.35+] Approve PRs created by serverless-qe bot in hack
  • wait for the PR to be merged
  • wait for the Generate CI config workflow to succeed
  • Approve Konflux-related PRs created by serverless-qe and wait for the PR to be merged.
• Verify that knative-istio-authz-chart has a branch with the same name as the release-1.X branch created previously in serverless-operator
• Verify that knative-istio-authz-chart's Chart.yaml has version and appVersion set to the next version.

Monitor Build Status

Once the serverless-operator branch is cut and PRs related to the release we're releasing are in,
Konflux pipelines will run (if they haven't already) and build the various artifacts.
You can check their aggregated status using the
Build Status Dashboard.

Pre-checks

• Make sure that all dependent repos have a release branch for the new version and CI set up
• Make sure that the automated PR to point the CSV to the old branch is merged like in [release-1.27] Run make generated-files #1881

Serving Manifests

• Bump versions of serving, serving_artifacts_branch, kourier, net_kourier_artifacts_branch, net_istio and net_istio_artifacts_branch here
• Run make generated-files and send a PR

Eventing Manifests

• Bump versions of eventing* here
• Run make generated-files and send a PR

Operator Manifests

• Bump versions of operator here
• Run make generated-files and send a PR (like this for 1.10)

Bump all golang deps

• Update all versions here
• Run ./hack/update-deps.sh --upgrade
• Run make generated-files
• Send a PR with the changes
• Pray that it works 😸 Otherwise try bump in steps and/or find a dependency version mix (with go mod replace) that works

[pierDipi]

@dsimansk noticed the (auto)bump failed, see #3057