Release Checklist

Prepare the Release

1. Update the product version ( details ).
2. Review the homepage content and update it where necessary.
3. Docs:
   • Verify Supported File Formats and update as necessary.
   • Finalize the target release’s What’s New page.
   • Mark the target version as current in website/data/docs-versions.toml.
   • Run the VS Code task Website: Refresh Docs Derived Artifacts.
   • Review the Docs Structure Report this creates in /workspace/website-meta/docs-reports/docs-structure-report.html.
4. Git merge all changes.

Publish the Docker Image

See Overview .

1. Run the CI workflow Release: Create Docker Image to build the Docker image and move the test tag to it.
2. Create a Git tag and publish a GitHub release from that tag.
   • Release publication triggers Release: Publish Docker Image , which tags the image built earlier as beta (prereleases) or stable and adds version tags for stable releases.

Publish the Companion

See Overview

1. Run Release: Build Companion Artifact to build Companion for the target platforms.
   • Publish the Companion GitHub Release created by the workflow.
2. Run Release: Promote Companion Release to promote the release to the test, beta, and/or stable update channels and to update the Sambee download-metadata feed.