StarlingX Community, We have been discussing the RISKS to the STX 9 Release dates for the last few weeks in our TSC meeting. See https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/stx-cores The critical path item that can NOT meet the STX 9 Release date is the full Release Verification and Regression testing by the STX Test Project Team. We have discussed/explored a number of options * asking whether anyone else in the community can pick up the STX 9 Release Verification and Regression testing effort. o we have had no feedback from the community on this * considering releasing a 'sanity quality' ONLY STX 9 Release o but general consensus in tsc/community meeting was that this would be unwise as users of StarlingX would still expect high quality regardless of the sanity-only indication. * consider deferring the release of STX 9 until Q1 2024 when the STX Test Project Team's resources free up again and have time to do the full Release Verification and Regression testing o we have asked community for impact of not delivering Antelope (STX 9 feature) in October/2023 ? we have had no feedback from the community on this o we have asked community members about impact of deferring the complete STX 9 release to Q1 2024 ? we have had no feedback from the community on this This email is to inform you that last week, the STX TSC voted on proposal to defer the release of STX 9 until Q1/2024 * ALL TSC members voted +1 to defer NEXT STEPS: * "Stake-in-the-Ground" proposal for STX 9 Release date is end-of-March 2024 * ACTION: Release Team (Ghada) to a) forecast updated milestones based on end-of-march release b) get updated view from feature owners on whether they can meet these milestones * ACTION: Test Team (Rob) to confirm, based on updated view of feature content, that test milestones can be met based on end-of-march milestone dates Let us know of any concerns, STX TSC.