Cut v1.29.0-alpha.1 release about sig-release

[Priyankasaggu11929]

/milestone v1.29

[k8s-ci-robot]

@jimangel: The provided milestone is not valid for this repository. Milestones in this repository: [next, v.1.25, v1.16, v1.17, v1.18, v1.19, v1.20, v1.21, v1.22, v1.23, v1.24, v1.25, v1.26, v1.27, v1.28]

Use /milestone clear to clear the milestone.

In response to this:

Scheduled to happen:

Note for v1.x.0 releases: Having this issue in open state will stop the
periodic run of krel fast-forward
to avoid conflicts with releases running in parallel. The fast-forward will
automatically stop once the v1.x.0 tag is available.

Release Blocking Issues

Release Steps

• Create a thread on #release-management:
• Screenshot unhealthy release branch testgrid boards
• Check the health of the publishing-bot
• Mock Run
• Stage
• Release
• NoMock Run
• Stage
• Image Promotion:
• Release
• Publish packages (debs & rpms)
• Notify #release-management:
• Send notification:
• Update schedule.yaml file with the latest release
• Collect metrics and add them to the Release steps table below

Release Tools Version

GitVersion:    vM.m.p
GitCommit:     191ddd0b0b49af1adb04a98e45cebdd36cae9307
GitTreeState:  clean
BuildDate:     YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ
GoVersion:     go1.16.3
Compiler:      gc
Platform:      linux/amd64

Release Jobs History

Step	Command	Link	Start	Duration	Succeeded?
Mock stage	krel stage [arguments]
Mock release	krel release [arguments]
Stage	krel stage [arguments]
Release	krel release [arguments]

Action Items

Open Questions

/milestone v1.29
/assign @jimangel
/cc @kubernetes/release-managers
/priority important-soon
/kind documentation

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[jimangel]

Testgrid dashboards for master

Boards checked for FAILING:

• sig-release-master-blocking
• sig-release-master-informing

2023-09-20 18:08:50.12390753 +0000 UTC FAILING sig-release-master-informing#capg-conformance-main-ci-artifacts - TestGrid

sig-release-master-informing#capg-conformance-main-ci-artifacts

2023-09-20 18:08:50.12390753 +0000 UTC FAILING sig-release-master-informing#gce-cos-master-serial - TestGrid

sig-release-master-informing#gce-cos-master-serial

comment generated by krel

[jimangel]

For record (new krel build after fixes merged):

% krel version
    __ __    ____     ______    __
   / //_/   / __ \   / ____/   / /
  / ,<     / /_/ /  / __/     / /
 / /| |   / _, _/  / /___    / /___
/_/ |_|  /_/ |_|  /_____/   /_____/
krel: The Kubernetes Release toolbox

GitVersion:    v0.15.1
GitCommit:     c369b32cac6d715ec4e73766254c22a16e12c28a
GitTreeState:  clean
BuildDate:     2023-09-22T16:42:49
GoVersion:     go1.21.1
Compiler:      gc
Platform:      darwin/arm64

[xmudrii]

@jimangel Can you please update the issue and then close it?