Hello all, Based on the stx.12.0 release/feature review during the StarlingX community call on Jan 14, we are declaring Milestone-2 for the release with a date of Jan 14, 2026. - Milestone-2 Review - Forecast: Jan 14, 2026 - Criteria: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/StarlingX/Release_Plan#Release_Milestones - Status relative to criteria: - Feature plans defined and feature development well underway - Status: - All features have plan dates - Latest Code Merge Date: Feb 3, 2026 - Latest Feature Tested Date: Mar 17, 2026 - Current feature milestone dates support the upcoming release milestones - Milestone-3 - Mar 4, 2026 - Feature Test Complete - Apr 1, 2026 - Release test plan defined - including test automation deliverables - Status: - Mostly done. Wrapping up by Jan 23 which is well in advance of the Regression Test Start date of Mar 11. - Verdict: - Pass - No milestone re-forecasts for the follow-up milestones - Upcoming Release Milestones - Milestone-3: 3/4/2026 - Feature Test Complete: 4/1/2026 - Regression Test Start: 3/11/2026 - Regression Test Complete: 4/1/2026 - RC1: 4/8/2026 - Final Regression Complete: 4/22/2026 - Release: 4/29/2026 A list of planned features is available at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Insq01desInEl76Wz7BUzY1fWKmTmAtZTk95... Thank you to all community members who helped achieve this milestone. Regards, Ghada - stx release prime