sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api@v1.7.1/docs/release/releases/release-1.7.md (about) 1 # Cluster API v1.7 2 3 ## Timeline 4 5 The following table shows the preliminary dates for the `v1.7` release cycle. 6 7 | **What** | **Who** | **When** | **Week** | 8 |------------------------------------------------------|--------------|-----------------------------|----------| 9 | Start of Release Cycle | Release Lead | Monday 11th December 2023 | week 1 | 10 | Schedule finalized | Release Lead | Friday 15th December 2023 | week 1 | 11 | Team finalized | Release Lead | Friday 15th December 2023 | week 1 | 12 | *v1.5.x & v1.6.x released* | Release Lead | Tuesday 16th January 2024 | week 6 | 13 | *v1.5.x & v1.6.x released* | Release Lead | Tuesday 13th February 2024 | week 10 | 14 | v1.7.0-beta.0 released | Release Lead | Tuesday 12th March 2024 | week 14 | 15 | Communicate beta to providers | Comms Manager| Tuesday 12th March 2024 | week 14 | 16 | *v1.5.x & v1.6.x released* | Release Lead | Tuesday 12th March 2024 | week 14 | 17 | KubeCon idle week | - | 19th - 22nd March 2024 | week 15 | 18 | v1.7.0-beta.x released | Release Lead | Tuesday 26th March 2024 | week 16 | 19 | release-1.7 branch created (**Begin [Code Freeze]**) | Release Lead | Tuesday 2nd April 2024 | week 17 | 20 | v1.7.0-rc.0 released | Release Lead | Tuesday 2nd April 2024 | week 17 | 21 | release-1.7 jobs created | CI Manager | Tuesday 2nd April 2024 | week 17 | 22 | v1.7.0-rc.x released | Release Lead | Tuesday 9th April 2024 | week 18 | 23 | **v1.7.0 released** | Release Lead | Tuesday 16th April 2024 | week 19 | 24 | *v1.5.x & v1.6.x released* | Release Lead | Tuesday 16th April 2024 | week 19 | 25 | Organize release retrospective | Release Lead | TBC | week 19 | 26 27 After the `.0` release monthly patch release will be created. 28 29 ## Release team 30 31 | **Role** | **Lead** (**GitHub / Slack ID**) | **Team member(s) (GitHub / Slack ID)** | 32 |-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| 33 | Release Lead | Stephen Cahill ([@cahillsf](https://github.com/cahillsf/) / `@Stephen Cahill`) | Nawaz Hussain Khazielakha ([@nawazkh](https://github.com/nawazkh) / `@nawazkh`) <br> Akshay Gaikwad ([@akshay196](https://github.com/akshay196) / `@Akshay Gaikwad`) <br> Mohamed chiheb ben jemaa ([@mcbenjemaa](https://github.com/mcbenjemaa) / `@mcbenjemaa`) <br> Subhasmita Swain ([@SubhasmitaSw](https://github.com/SubhasmitaSw) / `@subhasmita`) <br> Vibhor Chinda ([@VibhorChinda](https://github.com/VibhorChinda) / `@Vibhor Chinda`) | 34 | Communications/Docs/Release Notes Manager | Willie Yao ([@willie-yao](https://github.com/willie-yao) / `@willie`) | Chandan Kumar ([@chandankumar4](https://github.com/chandankumar4) / `@Chandan Kumar`) <br> Dhairya Arora ([@Dhairya-Arora01](https://github.com/Dhairya-Arora01) / `@Dhairya Arora`) <br> Suriyan S ([@ssuriyan7](https://github.com/ssuriyan7) / `@Suriyan S`) <br> Yash Raj ([@yrs147](https://github.com/yrs147) / `@Yash Raj`) <br> Typeid ([@typeid](https://github.com/typeid) / `@typeid`) | 35 | CI Signal/Bug Triage/Automation Manager | Muhammad Adil Ghaffar ([@adilGhaffarDev](https://github.com/adilGhaffarDev) / `@adil`) | Sunnat Samadov ([@Sunnatillo](https://github.com/Sunnatillo) / `@Sunnat`) <br> Aditya Bhatia ([@adityabhatia](https://github.com/adityabhatia) / `@adityabhatia`) <br> Mansi Kulkarni ([@mansikulkarni96](https://github.com/mansikulkarni96) / `@Mansi Kulkarni`) <br> Mike Fedosin ([@Fedosin](https://github.com/Fedosin) / `@Mike Fedosin`) <br> Troy Connor ([@troy0820](https://github.com/troy0820) / `@troy0820`) |