Release 1.35

[matzew]

Release Checklist

Resources

• https://github.com/openshift-knative/serverless-operator/blob/main/README.md#create-a-new-version
• Video from pierdipi showing the release process

Pre-checks

• [x] Check if the OCP versions in the release-matrix match our current CI config. If not, fix the versions first
• [x] Check if there are open PRs for Serverless-Operator that need to be merged
• [x] Check with the teams if they have all the necessary patches in the dependent repositories
• [x] Run the validate action in serverless-operator and wait for it to complete
• [x] Merge PRs created by GitHub actions
• [x] Make sure that Serverless-Operator CI and periodics are passing. Check for example the periodic jobs in #serverless-ci

Cutting the new release branch

• [x] Create a new branch from main with the pattern release-x.xx
• [x] Approve CI setup for release-1.X branch in openshift/release and wait for the PR to be merged.
• [ ] Approve PRs created by GitHub actions bot in serverless-operator
• [ ] [Only for release-1.35+] Revoke and recreate the token for the Konflux auto apply workflow
• [ ] [Only for release-1.35+] Approve PRs created by serverless-qe bot in hack
  • [ ] wait for the PR to be merged
  • [ ] wait for the Generate CI config workflow to succeed
  • [ ] Approve Konflux-related PRs created by serverless-qe and wait for the PR to be merged.
• [x] Verify that knative-istio-authz-chart has a branch with the same name as the release-1.X branch created previously in serverless-operator
• [x] Verify that knative-istio-authz-chart's Chart.yaml has version and appVersion set to the next version.

Pre-checks

• [ ] Make sure that all dependent repos have a release branch for the new version and CI set up
• [ ] Make sure that the automated PR to point the CSV to the old branch is merged like in https://github.com/openshift-knative/serverless-operator/pull/1881

Serving Manifests

• [ ] Bump versions of serving, serving_artifacts_branch, kourier, net_kourier_artifacts_branch, net_istio and net_istio_artifacts_branch here
• [ ] Run make generated-files and send a PR

Eventing Manifests

• [ ] Bump versions of eventing* here
• [ ] Run make generated-files and send a PR

Operator Manifests

• [ ] Bump versions of operator here
• [ ] Run make generated-files and send a PR (like this for 1.10)

Bump all golang deps

• [ ] Update all versions here
• [ ] Run ./hack/update-deps.sh --upgrade
• [ ] Run make generated-files
• [ ] Send a PR with the changes
• [ ] Pray that it works 😸 Otherwise try bump in steps and/or find a dependency version mix (with go mod replace) that works

[pierDipi]

@dsimansk noticed the (auto)bump failed, see https://github.com/openshift-knative/serverless-operator/pull/3057