Prepare release branches Update the "Upgrading Arvados and Release notes" doc page (main and release branch) Ensure that the entire automated testing pipeline is passing on Jenkins Manual testing Review release branch Create next redmine release Draft release notes and publish them to www-dev Review release notes Build RC packages Build RC arvados/jobs image Ensure installer tests are passing Build compute image & deploy RC packages to playground Run bam-to-vcf demo pipeline Approve RC for release Build final release packages Publish stable arvados/jobs Docker image Push packages to stable Publish Python and Ruby packages Publish Java package Publish R package Publish arvados/arvbox-demo image Update provision.sh, formula and arvbox to point to release Tag commits Ensure doc.arvados.org has new version Merge release notes (step 7) from "develop" to "main" on arvados.org Send out release announcements Major releases only: Copy "run-tests" jobs in jenkins Add the release to zenodo.org