Welcome back to the release countdown emails! These will be sent at major points in the 2026.1 "Gazpacho" development cycle, which should conclude with a final release on April 1st, 2026 (not a joke). Development Focus ----------------- At this stage in the release cycle, focus should be on planning the 2026.1 "Gazpacho" development cycle, assessing Gazpacho community goals and approving Gazpacho specs. General Information ------------------- The 2026.1 "Gazpacho" development cycle will be a classic 26-week-long cycle. In case you haven't seen it yet, please take a look over the schedule for this release: https://releases.openstack.org/gazpacho/schedule.html By default, the team PTL is responsible for handling the release cycle and approving release requests. This task can (and probably should) be delegated to release liaisons. Now is a good time to review release liaison information for your team and make sure it is up to date: https://opendev.org/openstack/releases/src/branch/master/data/release_liaiso... By default, all your team deliverables from the 2025.2 "Flamingo" release are continued in 2026.1 "Gazpacho" with a similar release model. Upcoming Deadlines & Dates -------------------------- OpenInfra Summit Europe: October 17th-19th, 2025 OpenStack PTG (virtual): October 27th-31st, 2025 Gazpacho-1 milestone: November 13th, 2025 -- Thierry Carrez (ttx)