Development Focus ----------------- We are now past the Gazpacho-2 milestone, and entering the last development phase of the cycle. Please review the late milestone-2 release patches at https://review.opendev.org/q/topic:gazpacho-milestone-2 if you have not done so already! Teams should otherwise be focused on implementing planned work for the cycle. Now is a good time to review those plans and reprioritize anything if needed based on the what progress has been made and what looks realistic to complete in the next few weeks. General Information ------------------- Looking ahead to the end of the release cycle, please be aware of the feature freeze dates. Those vary depending on deliverable type: * General libraries (except client libraries) need to have their last feature release before Non-client library freeze (February 19th, 2026). Their stable branches are cut early. * Client libraries (think python-*client libraries) need to have their last feature release before Client library freeze (February 26th, 2026) * Deliverables following a cycle-with-rc model (that would be most services) observe a Feature freeze on that same date, February 26th, 2026. Any feature addition beyond that date should be discussed on the mailing-list and get PTL approval. After feature freeze, cycle-with-rc deliverables need to produce a first release candidate (and a stable branch) before RC1 deadline (March 12th, 2026) * Deliverables following cycle-with-intermediary model can release as necessary, but in all cases before Final RC deadline (March 26th, 2026) Upcoming Deadlines & Dates -------------------------- Non-client library freeze: February 19th, 2026 (R-6 week) Client library freeze: February 26th, 2026 (R-5 week) Gazpacho-3 milestone: February 26th, 2026 (R-5 week) Előd Illés irc: elodilles @ #openstack-release