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+# KubeVirt Pre-release Checklist
+
+A KubeVirt release entails a variety of tasks to complete in concert with the release tagging.
+
+| Event or time Before Release (BR) | Tasks to initiate                                            | SIGs responsible                           |
+|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
+| Beta 0                            | Prepare unconference for next version development cycle      | All SIGs                                   | 
+| Feature Freeze                    | Gather scale & performance data                              | SIG-scale                                  |
+|                                   | Prepare schedule for subsequent version                      | SIG-release                                |
+| After FF                          | Unconference                                                 | All SIGs                                   |
+| RC 0                              | Categorise release notes and create User Guide PR with /hold | Docs                                       |
+|                                   | Draft release highlights blog                                | Community                                  |
+|                                   |  - Check for outstanding feature docs PRs                    | Docs and relevant SIGs                     |
+| 1 week BR                         | Collect SIG sign-offs on blog                                | SIGs-compute, network, storage, scale, etc |
+|                                   | Publish scale & performance data                             | SIG-scale                                  |
+| 1 day BR                          | Ensure docs and blog PRs are approved                        | Docs and relevant SIGs                     |
+|                                   | Update release notes for any last-minute bugfixes            | Docs & SIG-release                         |
+| GA                                | Email to mailing list                                        | SIG-release                                |
+|                                   | Publish/unhold release notes and blog                        | Docs and Community                         |
+|                                   | Promote through social media                                 | Community                                  |
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 # KubeVirt 1.5 Release Schedule
 
-| **When**     | **Milestone**      | **KubeVirt**                   | **KubeVirt CI**                  | **Kubernetes**    |
-|--------------|--------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------|
-| **November** |                    |                                |                                  |                   |
-| 2024-11-05   |                    |                                |                                  | Tag 1.32.0-beta.0 |
-| 2024-11-19   |                    |                                | Start the 1.32 provider          |                   |
-| **December** |                    |                                | Add on-demand pre-submit         |                   |
-| 2024-12-11   | Kubernetes Release |                                |                                  | 1.32.0 release    |
-| 2024-12-18   | Alpha 0 (1.5)      | Tag v1.5.0-alpha.0             |                                  |                   |
-| **January**  |                    |                                |                                  |                   |
-| 2025-01-08   |                    |                                | CI lanes for provider are voting |                   |
-| 2025-01-15   | Beta 0             | Tag v1.5.0-beta.0              | Mandatory pre-submit             |                   |
-| **February** |                    |                                |                                  |                   |
-| 2025-02-12   | Feature Freeze     | Branch release-1.5             |                                  |                   |
-| 2025-02-19   | RC 0               | Tag v1.5.0-rc.0 on release-1.5 |                                  |                   |
-| 2025-02-26   | RC 1               | Tag v1.5.0-rc.1 on release-1.5 |                                  |                   |
-| **March**    |                    |                                |                                  |                   |
-| 2025-03-05   | GA                 | Tag v1.5.0 on release-1.5      |                                  |                   |
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+| **When**     | **Milestone**      | **KubeVirt**                   | **KubeVirt CI**                  | **Kubernetes**    | **Release Checklist**                          |
+|--------------|--------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
+| **November** |                    |                                |                                  |                   |                                                       |
+| 2024-11-05   |                    |                                |                                  | Tag 1.32.0-beta.0 |                                                       |
+| 2024-11-19   |                    |                                | Start the 1.32 provider          |                   |                                                       |
+| **December** |                    |                                | Add on-demand pre-submit         |                   |                                                       |
+| 2024-12-11   | Kubernetes Release |                                |                                  | 1.32.0 release    |                                                       |
+| 2024-12-18   | Alpha 0 (1.5)      | Tag v1.5.0-alpha.0             |                                  |                   |                                                       |
+| **January**  |                    |                                |                                  |                   |                                                       |
+| 2025-01-08   |                    |                                | CI lanes for provider are voting |                   |                                                       |
+| 2025-01-15   | Beta 0             | Tag v1.5.0-beta.0              | Mandatory pre-submit             |                   | Prep v1.6 unconference                                |
+| **February** |                    |                                |                                  |                   |                                                       |
+| 2025-02-12   | Feature Freeze     | Branch release-1.5             |                                  |                   | Perf-scale: Generate data<br>Create v1.6 schedule PR  |
+| 2025-02-19   | RC 0               | Tag v1.5.0-rc.0 on release-1.5 |                                  |                   | Docs: Rel notes & release blog                        |
+| 2025-02-26   | RC 1               | Tag v1.5.0-rc.1 on release-1.5 |                                  |                   |                                                       |
+| **March**    |                    |                                |                                  |                   |                                                       |
+| 2025-03-05   | GA                 | Tag v1.5.0 on release-1.5      |                                  |                   | Publish the above                                     |