Hello all, Based on the stx.9.0 release/feature reviews, the stx release team is conditionally declaring stx.9.0 Milestone-3 as of Feb 21. Milestone-3 Criteria: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/StarlingX/Release_Plan#Release_Milestones - Feature freeze: All feature code merged and feature testing completing within an acceptable timeframe - No blocking issues from Automated Sanity and Regression - No critical issues severely impacting system stability or release test activities - Release regression testing starting - Documentation plan defined; including a prioritized list of the various documentation items - Blog Posts in progress Milestone-3 Status relative to criteria: - All feature code merged and feature testing completing within an acceptable timeframe << MET - 30 features are code complete and feature tested - 3 features are code complete w/ feature testing in progress. Target completion is Feb 28 - No blocking issues from Automated Sanity and Regression << MET - Platform sanity is green: https://lists.starlingx.io/archives/list/starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.i... - Openstack sanity is green: https://lists.starlingx.io/archives/list/starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.i... - No critical issues severely impacting system stability or release test activities << MET - No issues identified during the milestone review - Release regression testing starting << MET - Release regression testing started on Feb 12 and is expected to complete by Feb 28 - Documentation plan defined << MET - Got confirmation from the doc prime that there are no concerns about having the release docs ready within the expected timeline (end-March) - Blog Posts in progress << MET - Blog posts have been identified and most forecasts have been provided - Configurable Power Management - PR posted / under review - Intel Ethernet Operator Integration - Forecast: TBD - AppArmor Support - Forecast: end-Feb - Redundant / HA PTP Time Sources - Forecast: end-April 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 release prime