Hello all, Based on the stx.9.0 release/feature reviews, the stx release team is conditionally declaring stx.9.0 Milestone-2 as of May 24. Milestone-2 Criteria: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/StarlingX/Release_Plan#Release_Milestones - Feature plans defined and feature development well underway - Release test plan defined - including test automation deliverables Milestone-2 Status relative to criteria: - Feature plans defined and feature development well underway << CRITERIA MET - Total # of Features: 37 - # of Features w/ Dates: 29 - # of Features w/o Dates: 8 - # of Features w/ a Date for a plan: 3 - 78% of features have dates + another 8% have a plan by mid-June. - 2 features have dates beyond the current release milestones: Milestone-3: Aug 2 / Feature Test Complete: Aug 30 - K8s API CLI oidc auth with local LDAP backend -- Code Merged: Aug 15 / Feature Tested: Sep 5 << smaller feature - Openstack services upversion: Ussuri -> Antelope -- Code Merged: Aug 22 / Feature Tested: Sep 15 << key feature - Release test plan defined << CRITERIA MET - Test folder and tracking spreadsheets created: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/123lDBEtyg8JUb5QWKoagTZfd_T3_xWOY - Dates are being populated based on feature test dates Condition: Further input from the TSC on the subsequent milestone dates for the release as per email thread of the mailing list: https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-May/014130.html - Options: - (1) Keep the current release dates and handle these features as exceptions - (2) Align the release dates to accommodate the openstack feature to move to Antelope - Status: - 2 TSC members (Greg Waines, Ram S) have chosen option (2). Waiting for input from Scott Kamp. A list of features is available at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aTjYzUkExodfayt-rjTv466jE-DP8b_YjrTH... Thank you to all community members who helped achieve this milestone. Regards, Ghada - stx releases prime