ooniprobe-cli v3.22 release process

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Release information

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Version Number: 3.22.0

Expected Release date: May 22, 2023

Summary of changes:

• readiness for A/B testing Web Connectivity v0.4 and v0.5
• improvements in dialing with bridges
• dependencies upgrades and minor bug fixes

Link to latest nightly: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/releases/tag/rolling

Pre-release communication

• [x] Post this message in the #ooni-probe-releases slack channel:

@here 🏎️ OONI Probe Engine v[VERSION_NUMBER] release work has begun
Expected release date: [INSERT DATE] + or - x days
Summary of changes: [INSERT LINK TO PR or CHANGESET]
Tracking issue: [INSERT LINK TO ISSUE]

Release checklist

For extended documentation about the process, see probe-cli's releasing.md.

Psiphon

• [x] probe-cli: pin to the latest staging-client commit using ./script/go.bash get -u -v: already there, no changes needed
• [x] probe-cli: make sure ./script/go.bash list -json ./cmd/ooniprobe does not include any pinned package in psiphon's go.mod or otherwise ask Psiphon developers whether this is fine: same as before, so we should be fine

Go version

• [x] oocrypto: merge with upstream if needed: https://github.com/ooni/oocrypto/pull/28
• [x] oohttp: merge with upstream if needed: https://github.com/ooni/oohttp/pull/63 :https://github.com/ooni/oohttp/pull/64
• [x] probe-cli: possibly update .github/workflows/gobash.yml: not needed
• [x] probe-cli: update the GOVERSION file if needed: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1596
• [x] probe-cli: update the toolchain line inside of go.mod: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1596
• [x] probe-cli: update the Go version mentioned in the Readme.md file: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1596
• [x] probe-cli: update version specified in TH's Makefile: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1596

Android

• [x] probe-cli: update NDKVERSION, and MOBILE/android/ensure if needed: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1597

Dependencies other than Psiphon

• [x] probe-cli: ensure no dependency bumped its major version number using https://github.com/icholy/gomajor: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1598
• [x] probe-cli: update dependencies with ./script/go.bash get -u -v -d ./...: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1598
• [x] probe-cli: update C dependencies: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1599

Updating assets and definitions

• [x] probe-cli: run ./script/updateminipipeline.bash: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1600
• [x] probe-cli: update github.com/ooni/probe-assets dependency: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1600
• [x] probe-cli: update bundled certs (using ./script/go.bash generate ./...): https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1600
• [x] probe-cli: update user-agent at internal/model/http.go: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1600

Maintenance

• [x] probe-cli: sync stunreachability targets with snowflake (see ./internal/stuninput): https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1601
• [x] probe-cli: take a look at go report card: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1601
• [x] all: check whether to update the release documentation: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1601
• [x] probe-cli: address any outstanding TODO in the diff since last release (or create an issue for it): https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1601
• [x] probe-cli: try to address all the issues marked as "releaseBlocker": https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1601

QA and alpha releasing

• [x] probe-cli: check warnings emitted by gosec runs: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1602 https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1604 https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1605 https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1603
• [x] probe-cli: ./script/go.bash test -race -count 1 ./... must pass locally
• [x] probe-cli: tag an alpha release: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/releases/tag/v3.22.0-alpha
• [x] probe-cli: create the release/X.Y branch
• [x] probe-cli: make sure all workflows are green in the release/X.Y branch
• [x] team: communicate availability of an alpha release

Releasing proper

• [x] probe-cli: update internal/version/version.go in release/X.Y to be a stable release
• [x] probe-cli: tag a new stable version in the release/X.Y branch
• [x] probe-cli: update internal/version/version.go in master branch to be the next alpha: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1607

Publishing stable packages

• [x] probe-engine: run ./script/autoexport.bash: https://github.com/ooni/probe-engine/releases/tag/v0.29.0
• [x] android: publish packages: https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public/org/ooni/oonimkall/2024.05.22-092559/ https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/ooni/oonimkall/2024.05.22-092559/
• [x] debian: publish packages

Post-release communication

• [x] iThena: notify about new release
• [x] Update the #ooni-probe-releases slack channel:

@here 🚀 🏎️ OONI Probe Engine v[VERSION_NUMBER] has been released.