[Release Day] Execute Launch for O3DE 24.09.0

[Naomi-Wash]

On Release Day, confirm each of the following launch activities is completed as expected

Predecessor Tasks @Ulrick28 to confirm:

• [x] https://github.com/o3de/sig-release/issues/278
• [x] https://github.com/o3de/sig-release/issues/269
• [x] https://github.com/o3de/sig-release/issues/295

Docs

@RoddieKieley @ShaunaGordon Confirm the following pre-requisites are complete:

• [x] https://github.com/o3de/o3de/issues/17962
• [x] https://github.com/o3de/o3de/issues/17961
• [x] https://github.com/o3de/sig-release/issues/290
• [x] https://github.com/o3de/sig-release/issues/287

Merges

Code Merges

• [x] [@nick-l-o3de] Click the merge button on the PR from stabilization to main (via. GitHub) for all of the following repos:
  • [x] o3de
  • [x] o3de-extras
  • [x] o3de-multiplayersample
  • [x] o3de-multiplayersample-asets
  • [x] o3de-netsoaktest

*Note: O3DE - ignore Test Impact Analysis

Docs Merges

• [x] @RoddieKieley Merge https://github.com/o3de/o3de/issues/17962
• [x] @RoddieKieley Merge https://github.com/o3de/o3de/issues/17961
• [x] @RoddieKieley Merge PR for docs from stabilization to main (includes release notes and update to o3de.org download screen version number)
• [x] @RoddieKieley Re-target open PRs against stabilization against development

Gem Merges

• [x] @spham-amzn O3DE extra gem merge

Release Tag

• [x] @RoddieKieley @ShaunaGordon Create the release tag 24.09.0, and apply it to the following repos:
• [x] o3de
  • [x] o3de
  • [x] o3de-extras
  • [x] o3de-multiplayersample
  • [x] o3de-multiplayersample-asets
  • [x] o3de-netsoaktest
• [x] [@amzn-changml] Invalidate CDN Cache after the release tag creation
• [x] [@amzn-changml ] Begin work to add LFS binary objects to the artifacts under the new release tag, per the steps documented in this issue:
  • [ ] https://github.com/o3de/sig-release/issues/270

Website Update for binaries

o3debinaries.org

• [x] @amzn-changml (cc @RoddieKieley) Confirm the following pre-requisite is complete: stage website update
• [x] @amzn-changml Publish version number update to o3debinaries.org

Update Download page [O3de.org]

• [x] @Naomi-Wash pull information from binaries page
• [ ] @Naomi-Wash include (3) software prerequisite summary

Update Youtube Banner

• [ ] @Naomi-Wash Update Youtube banner

Verification

• [x] @Ulrick28 Confirm the main branch has the latest code on Github
• [x] @amzn-changml Confirm the release tag is applied to main branch
• [ ] @Ulrick28 Confirm the mainline build has begun (it should auto-start)
• [x] @amzn-changml Confirm the version number is updated on o3debinaries.org
• [x] @Ulrick28 Confirm the Windows installer is the correct version by downloading it from o3debinaries.org
• [x] @RoddieKieley Confirm the Linux debian package is the correct version by downloading it from o3debinaries.org
• [x] @Ulrick28 Confirm the installed Windows editor shows the correct version on the splash screen
• [x] @RoddieKieley Confirm the installed Linux editor shows the correct version on the splash screen
• [x] @Naomi-Wash Confirm the version number is updated on o3de.org downloads page (Required for Major Releases only)
• [x] @Ulrick28 Confirm the release notes are updated
• [ ] @spham-amzn Confirm download project templates in gems from Project Manager

[Naomi-Wash]

Task to add to future release tasks

• [ ] Add installer testing the day before release
• [ ] Merge canonical
• [ ] Once canoncial is merged, publish the history
• [ ] Wait until builds are fully complete before adding release tags