v1.17.0-pre.0 release

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Setup preparation

• [ ] Depending on your OS, make sure Docker is running
• [ ] Export a GITHUB_TOKEN that has access to the repository
• [ ] 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
• [ ] Make sure the [Cilium helm charts][Cilium charts] repository is installed locally:
  • [ ] Run git clone https://github.com/cilium/charts.git "$GOPATH/src/github.com/cilium/charts"

Pre-release

• [ ] Announce in Cilium slack channel #launchpad: Starting v1.17.0-pre.0 release process :ship:
• [ ] Create a thread for that message and ping current top-hat to not merge any PRs until the release process is complete.
• [ ] Change directory to the local copy of Cilium repository.
• [ ] Check that there are no [release blockers] for the targeted release version
• [x] Push a PR including the changes necessary for the new release:
  • [ ] Run ../release/internal/start-release.sh v1.17.0-pre.0 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.
  • [ ] Fix any duplicate AUTHORS entries and verify if it is possible to get the real names instead of GitHub usernames.
  • [ ] Commit the AUTHORS as well as the documentation files changed by the previous step with title update AUTHORS and Documentation.
  • [ ] Add the generated CHANGELOG.md file and commit all remaining changes with the title Prepare for release v1.17.0-pre.0
  • [ ] Submit PR (../release/internal/submit-release.sh)
  • [ ] Allow the CI to sanity-check the PR (GitHub actions are enough) and get review. Note that it's likely that the "helm-charts" will fail since the GH action regenerates the helm values file without understanding that it's a release.
  • [ ] Revert the release commit and re-push
• [x] Merge PR
• [ ] Ping current top-hat that PRs can be merged again.
• [ ] Create and push both tags to GitHub (v1.17.0-pre.0, 1.17.0-pre.0)
  • Pull latest branch locally.
  • Check out the commit before the revert and run ../release/internal/tag-release.sh against that commit.
• [x] Ask a maintainer to approve the build in the following link: [Cilium Image Release builds]
  • [ ] Check if all docker images are available before announcing the release: make -C install/kubernetes/ RELEASE=yes CILIUM_BRANCH=main check-docker-images
  • [ ] Run ../release/internal/post-release.sh URL to fetch the image digests and submit draft release to the [releases] page. Use the URL of the GitHub run here.
• [x] Update helm charts
  • [ ] Create helm charts artifacts in [Cilium charts] repository using [cilium helm release tool] for the v1.17.0-pre.0 release and push these changes into the helm repository.
  • [ ] Check the output of the [chart workflow] and see if the test was successful.
• [ ] Check [read the docs] configuration:
  • [ ] Set a new build as active and hidden in [active versions].
  • [ ] Deactivate previous RCs.
  • [ ] Update algolia configuration search in [docsearch-scraper-webhook].
    • Update the versions in docsearch.config.json, commit them and push a trigger the workflow here
• [ ] Check draft release from [releases] page
  • [ ] Update the text at the top with 2-3 highlights of the release
  • [ ] Mark the checkbox of "This is a pre-release"
  • [ ] Publish the release
• [ ] Announce the release in #general on Slack. Text template for the first RC:

  
  *Announcement* :tada: :tada:

:cilium-new: Cilium release candidate v1.17.0-pre.0 has been released: https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.17.0-pre.0

This is the first monthly snapshot for the v1.17 development cycle. There are v1.17.0-pre.0 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 v1.17.0-pre.0 has been released: https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.17.0-pre.0

Thank you for the testing and contributing to the previous pre-releases. There are v1.17.0-pre.0 OSS docs available if you want to pull this version & try it out.

- [ ] Prepare post-release changes to main branch using `../release/internal/bump-readme.sh`.

[signing tags]: https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/signing-tags
[release blockers]: https://github.com/cilium/cilium/labels/release-blocker%2F1.17
[Cilium charts]: https://github.com/cilium/charts
[Cilium Image Release builds]: https://github.com/cilium/cilium/actions?query=workflow:%22Image+Release+Build%22
[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=v1.17.0-pre.0
[docsearch-scraper-webhook]: https://github.com/cilium/docsearch-scraper-webhook
[chart workflow]: https://github.com/cilium/charts/actions/workflows/validate-cilium-chart.yaml