Hello feature dev and test primes, As has been communicated on the mailing list, the stx.9.0 is now deferred to Q1-2024 with a target delivery no later than end of March 2024. Reference: https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-September/014509... Using this time-frame as a guideline, the tentative release milestone forecasts are as follows: - Milestone-3: Jan 24, 2024 - Feature Test Complete: Feb 21, 2024 - Regression Test Start: Jan 31, 2024 - Regression Test Complete: Feb 21, 2024 - RC1: Feb 28, 2024 - Final Release Regression Complete: Mar 13, 2024 - Release Milestone: Mar 20, 2024 ACTION #1: Feature Primes: Please evaluate the feature plans for the following features which were previously excluded as they didn't fit in the Q4-2023 delivery time-frame and provide a statement on whether each feature can make it given the new time-frame and what the feature milestone dates would be. Please update directly in the stx.9.0 planning spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aTjYzUkExodfayt-rjTv466jE-DP8b_YjrTH... Updates are requested for the following features: << UPDATE BY: The next release meeting on Sept 27 9:30am Eastern - Openstack services upversion: Ussuri -> Antelope - K8S Control Plane Scalability - Kata Container Runtime support (fix) in Debian - remove Armada - Securing/Encrypting local traffic on Platform L2 Networks - QAT/GPU Device Plugin Refresh - Link Bonding for SR-IOV PF interfaces - Platform Management Network Reconfiguration for AIO-SX - K8s API CLI oidc auth with local LDAP backend - Internal Management of ETCD Certificates - Full Disk Encryption Support via SDEs - Support for long latency between SystemController and Subclouds - Subcloud Install or Restore of Previous Release - Harbor Registry Integration in StarlingX - code merged, but no resources to test - Marvell Octeon NIC Accelerator Integration - StarlingX Container Image Updates for CVE fixes ACTION #2: Propose any new features that you would like considered given the longer delivery time-frame. Regards, Ghada