Releases

When the extension is ready for release:

• Perform final testing of critical paths
• Make sure trunk is up to date with the latest changes including version bumps, readme.txt and changelog.txt.
• Draft a pre-release using GitHub (example):
  • Target should be trunk.
  • Use <version number>-rc.<date> as tag. For example: 1.6.0-rc.20210924.
  • Include the changelog in the description field. Mention @woocommerce/axiom in the description for visibility.
  • Make sure to check off "This is a pre-release".
  • Upload the built ZIP file for the release.
• Ping Woo people in Slack
• Woo will then do the .org and WooCommerce.com release
• Woo will tag the release in GitHub

Critical bugs should be addressed quickly and a release cut as soon as possible