Development Focus ----------------- We are getting close to the end of the 2025.2 "Flamingo" cycle! Next week on August 28th, 2025 is the Flamingo-3 milestone, also known as feature freeze. It's time to wrap up feature work in the services and their client libraries, and defer features that won't make it to the 2026.1 "Gazpacho" cycle. General Information ------------------- This coming week is the deadline for client libraries: their last feature release needs to happen before "Client library freeze" on August 28th, 2025. Only bugfix releases will be allowed beyond this point. When requesting those library releases, you can also include the stable/2025.2 branching request with the review. As an example, see the "branches" section here: https://opendev.org/openstack/releases/src/branch/master/deliverables/pike/o... August 28th, 2025 is also the deadline for feature work in all OpenStack deliverables following the cycle-with-rc model. To help those projects produce a first release candidate in time, only bugfixes should be allowed in the master branch beyond this point. Any feature work past that deadline has to be raised as a Feature Freeze Exception (FFE) and approved by the team PTL. Finally, feature freeze is also a good time for submitting a first version of your cycle-highlights. Cycle highlights are the raw data that helps shape what is communicated in press releases and other release activity at the end of the cycle, avoiding direct contacts from marketing folks. See https://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/release-management.html#cycle-... for more details. Upcoming Deadlines & Dates -------------------------- Flamingo-3 milestone (feature freeze): August 28th, 2025 (R-5 week) RC1 deadline: September 12th, 2025 (R-3 week) Final RC deadline: September 25th, 2025 (R-1 week) 2025.2 "Flamingo" final release: October 1st, 2025 OpenInfra Summit Europe: October 17th-19th, 2025 -- Thierry Carrez (ttx)