k6 release v0.46.0

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Release Date:

14th of August 2023

Release Activities

At the beginning of the cycle

• Create a new branch release-notes-v046 and add a new related release notes file using the available template.
• Go through the potential dependencies updates then create a PR if any is relevant.

Release Preparation

~ 1 week before the release date.

• k6-docs PRs for all new or changed functionality have been created.
• All PRs to the k6 repository in the current milestone have been merged.
• A pull request with the release notes and request the final reviews (including the @k6-browser, devrels folks).
• Open a PR for bumping the version).
• The release notes PR shared in the #k6-oss-dev internal channel mentioning all the impacted teams (@k6-browser, @k6-chaos, @k6 devrel and any other potential stackholder of the new release).
• DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped PR(s) is ready.

~ 1 day before the release date.

• PR for archiving the current k6's JavaScript API version.
• Check that the Existing k6-docs PRs related to the new functionality are reviewed and rebased and pointing to the branch with k6's JavaScript API archived.

Release Day

Documentation

• The PR with archiving the old version JS API merged first and rebase the rest on top.
• PRs with changes related to the release merged.
  • Document GPRC Connection's TLS option k6-docs#1290
• After merging all k6-docs' PRs ensure that we have no broken links by checking "Check broken links" job in GitHub actions.
• The new Docs Release vX.Y.Z published.
• Release Notes PR contains the right links to the docs.

In k6 repository

• Release notes PR merged.
• A new tag from the CLI vX.Y.Z created (git tag v0.4x.0 -m "v0.4x.0") & pushed.

Announcements

• A GitHub's link to the new release published in #k6-changelog.
• DevRel team is notified in #k6-devrel that release is published.
• The release's milestone closed.

Wrapping Release

• DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped PR(s) merged.
• Update the k6's .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md if new repeated steps appear.

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Release notes branch for v0.46 is: release-notes-v046

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Type definitions PR: DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped#66271

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Proposed improvements to the release checklist itself in #3275