Hi, Welcome back to the release countdown emails! These will be sent at major points in the Zeddevelopment cycle, which should conclude with a final release on October 5th, 2022. Development Focus ----------------- At this stage in the release cycle, focus should be on planning the Zeddevelopment cycle, assessing Zedcommunity goals and approving Zedspecs. General Information ------------------- Zed is a 27 weeks long development cycle. In case you haven't seen it yet, please take a look over the schedule for this release: https://releases.openstack.org/ <https://releases.openstack.org/zed/schedule.html>zed <https://releases.openstack.org/zed/schedule.html>/schedule.html <https://releases.openstack.org/zed/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 Yogarelease are continued in Zedwith a similar release model. Upcoming Deadlines & Dates -------------------------- Zed-1 milestone: May 19th, 2022 OpenInfra Summit: June 7-9, 2022 (Berlin) Előd Illés irc: elodilles