Release Che 7.25.2

[nickboldt]

List of pending issues / PRs

• BLOCKER: Openvsx dropped some extensions Openvsx dropped some extensions #18933
• Release Che 7.25.1 Release Che 7.25.1 #18911
• NEW workflow: Include jwtproxy and KIP in Che release - 17742 17743 create branches for jwtproxy and... che-release#24 Generate branches every sprint for jwtproxy #17743 Generate branches every sprint for kubernetes image puller #17742
• update antora playbook for each Che release - Remove VERSION file in che-docs; keep antora-playbook.yml up to date instead #18864 che-docs#1823
• NEW workflow: trigger che-doc release when che-operator is done - gh18864 new GH action to run che-docs... che-operator#657
  • merge gh18864 fix name of action; remove need to... che-docs#1836 and gh18864 - instead of curl, use GH action... che-operator#660; verify che-operator action triggers che-docs action (correct tokens used)
  • verify antora playbook PR submitted for che-docs master branch, with valid content
• NEW workflow: che server release as GH action - Migrate che-server release process from ci centos to GH action #18780

Release status

In series, the following will be released via che-release:

• che-theia, che-machine-exec, che-devfile registry,
• che-plugin-registry (once che-theia and machine-exec are done)
• che-parent, che-dashboard, che-workspace-loader, and che (server assembly), including release to Maven Central
• che-operator

Then, these steps will be done, which still require some manual intervention (PR verification is not yet automated):

• generation of OperatorHub PRs
• chectl

• che-theia, che-machine-exec, che-devfile-registry, che-plugin-registry
• che-parent, che-dashboard, che-workspace-loader, che
• che-operator (depends on all of the above)
• chectl (depends on che-operator)
• Che community operator PRs (depends on che-operator)

If this is a .0 release:

• send reminder to TLs to triage unresolved issues
• complete current milestone
  • move incomplete deferred issues to backlog
  • move incomplete WIP issues to next milestone
  • close completed issues
  • close milestone

Owner	Process	Script	CI	Artifact(s) + Container(s)
@mkuznyetsov	che-theia	cico_release.sh	centos	eclipse/che-theia
@mkuznyetsov	che-machine-exec	cico_release.sh	centos	eclipse/che-machine-exec
@mkuznyetsov	che-devfile-registry	make-release.sh	GH action	eclipse/che-devfile-registry
@mkuznyetsov	che-plugin-registry	make-release.sh	GH action	eclipse/che-plugin-registry
@mkuznyetsov	che-parent	make-release.sh	centos	che-parent
@mkuznyetsov	che-dashboard	make-release.sh	GH action	che-dashboard
@mkuznyetsov	che-workspace-loader	make-release.sh	GH action	che-workspace-loader
@mkuznyetsov	che	cico_release.sh	centos	che.core, eclipse/che-server, eclipse/che-endpoint-watcher, eclipse/che-keycloak, eclipse/che-postgres, eclipse/che-server, eclipse/che-e2e
@mkuznyetsov	che-operator	make-release.sh	GH action	eclipse/che-operator
@mkuznyetsov	chectl	make-release.sh	GH action	chectl releases

[ibuziuk]

@nickboldt @mkuznyetsov could you please let me know once artifacts are available - waiting for the z-stream since for Hosted Che update

[mkuznyetsov]

looks like che-theia build is unavailable right now, from what looks like openvsx related issues:
#18960
eclipse-theia/theia#9014 (comment)

@ibuziuk I will have to wait to get unblocked on this, since che-server comes after theia&registries being built

[azatsarynnyy]

@mkuznyetsov
The open-vsx-related issue is fixed.
Che-Theia build is stabilized now.
eclipse-che/che-theia#979

[mkuznyetsov]

@ibuziuk FYI right now stuck che-server release, having timeouts during deploy just like the last time, when there were issues with Sonatype. (and it looks like they're back https://twitter.com/sonatype_ops )

[ibuziuk]

@mkuznyetsov thanks, please let me know once the artifacts are available - Ideally would be great to promote '7.25.2' on staging before the weekend

[mkuznyetsov]

after several hours of retrying and waiting for artifacts to appear on Central, Che Server is now release, now on to operator PR testing

[mkuznyetsov]

release is complete, community operator PRs are merged