v1.16.0-rc.2 release

[joestringer]

Setup preparation

• [x] Depending on your OS, make sure Docker is running
• [x] Export a GITHUB_TOKEN that has access to the repository
• [x] Make sure a setup (GPG, SSH, S/MIME) is in place for [signing tags] with Git
• [ ] Make sure the GOPATH environment variable is set and pointing to the relevant path
• [x] Make sure the [Cilium helm charts][Cilium charts] repository is installed locally:
  • [x] Run git clone https://github.com/cilium/charts.git "$GOPATH/src/github.com/cilium/charts"

Pre-release

• [x] Announce in Cilium slack channel #launchpad: Starting v1.16.0-rc.2 release process :ship:
• [x] Create a thread for that message and ping current top-hat to not merge any PRs until the release process is complete.
• [x] Change directory to the local copy of Cilium repository.
• [x] Check that there are no [release blockers] for the targeted release version
• [x] Ensure that outstanding [backport PRs] are merged
• [x] Push a PR including the changes necessary for the new release:
  • [x] Run ../release/internal/start-release.sh v1.16.0-rc.2 Note that this script produces some files at the root of the Cilium repository, and that these files are required at a later step for tagging the release.
  • [x] Check the modified schema file(s) in Documentation as it will be necessary to fix them manually. Add a new line for this RC and remove unsupported versions.
  • [ ] Fix any duplicate AUTHORS entries and verify if it is possible to get the real names instead of GitHub usernames.
  • [x] Add the generated CHANGELOG.md file and commit all remaining changes with the title Prepare for release v1.16.0-rc.2
  • [x] Submit PR (../release/internal/submit-release.sh)
• [x] Merge PR
• [x] Ping current top-hat that PRs can be merged again.
• [x] Create and push both tags to GitHub (v1.16.0-rc.2, 1.16.0-rc.2)
  • Pull latest branch locally.
  • Check out the release commit and run ../release/internal/tag-release.sh against that commit.
• [x] Ask a maintainer to approve the build in the following link (keep the URL of the GitHub run to be used later): Cilium Image Release builds
  • [x] Check if all docker images are available before announcing the release: make -C install/kubernetes/ RELEASE=yes CILIUM_BRANCH=v1.16 check-docker-images
• [x] Get the image digests from the build process and make a commit and PR with these digests.
  • [x] Run ../release/internal/post-release.sh URL to fetch the image digests and submit a PR to update these, use the URL of the GitHub run here
  • [x] Get someone to review the PR. Do not trigger the full CI suite, but wait for the automatic checks to complete. Merge the PR.
• [x] Update helm charts
  • [x] Create helm charts artifacts in [Cilium charts] repository using [cilium helm release tool] for the v1.16.0-rc.2 release and push these changes into the helm repository.
  • [x] Check the output of the [chart workflow] and see if the test was successful.
• [x] Check [read the docs] configuration:
  • [x] Set a new build as active and hidden in [active versions].
  • [x] Deactivate previous RCs.
  • [x] Update algolia configuration search in [docsearch-scraper-webhook].
    • Update the versions in docsearch.config.json, commit them and push a trigger the workflow here
• [x] Check draft release from [releases] page
  • [x] Update the text at the top with 2-3 highlights of the release
  • [x] Publish the release
• [x] Announce the release in #general on Slack. Text template for the first RC:

  
  *Announcement* :tada: :tada:

:cilium-new: Cilium release candidate v1.16.0-rc.2 has been released: https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.16.0-rc.2

This is the first monthly snapshot for the v1.16 development cycle. There are v1.16.0-rc.2 OSS docs available if you want to pull this version & try it out.

Text template for the next RCs:

Announcement :tada: :tada:

:cilium-new: Cilium release candidate v1.16.0-rc.2 has been released: https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.16.0-rc.2

Thank you for the testing and contributing to the previous pre-releases. There are v1.16.0-rc.2 OSS docs available if you want to pull this version & try it out.

- [x] Bump the development snapshot version in `README.rst` on the main branch
      to point to this release
- [x] Prepare post-release changes to main branch using `../release/internal/bump-readme.sh`.
- [x] Update the upgrade guide and [roadmap](https://github.com/cilium/cilium/blob/main/Documentation/community/roadmap.rst) for any features that changed status.

[signing tags]: https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/signing-tags
[release blockers]: https://github.com/cilium/cilium/labels/release-blocker%2F1.16
[backport PRs]: https://github.com/cilium/cilium/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr+label%3Abackport%2F1.16
[Cilium charts]: https://github.com/cilium/charts
[releases]: https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases
[cilium helm release tool]: https://github.com/cilium/charts/blob/master/RELEASE.md
[cilium-runtime images]: https://quay.io/repository/cilium/cilium-runtime
[read the docs]: https://readthedocs.org/projects/cilium/
[active versions]: https://readthedocs.org/projects/cilium/versions/?version_filter=v1.16.0-rc.2
[docsearch-scraper-webhook]: https://github.com/cilium/docsearch-scraper-webhook
[chart workflow]: https://github.com/cilium/charts/actions/workflows/validate-cilium-chart.yaml

[joestringer]

We've got a new template, will try this one out for size https://github.com/cilium/release/blob/master/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release_template_patch_new.md