Jenkins Weekly Release Checklist

In the spirit of the "Checklist Manifesto" (and here), this "Do / Confirm" checklist is intended to help me confirm that Jenkins weekly releases are correct and complete after the build has completed.

See the official LTS release checklist, previously closed LTS release checklists, the LTS release checklist template, and my unofficial validation checklist.

  1. Release CI job successfully built and packaged
  2. Datadog download monitor of downloads is healthy
  3. War file downloads correct version
  4. War file mirrors show correct version
  5. Debian installer runs correct version
  6. Red Hat installer runs correct version
  7. MSI installer runs correct version
  8. Changelog published
  9. Jira issues in the changelog updated to correct state
  10. GitHub release documented
  11. Pull requests with upgrade guide content assigned the upgrade-guide-needed label. See them in the GitHub release
  12. Docker image tag visible
  13. Docker image changelog visible
  14. Request updates by repositories that depend on the weekly release, including:

Mark Waite - mark.earl.waite@gmail.com
Last modified: Tue Jan 2 09:29:32 MST 2024