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title: "Releasing a new Vikunja version"
date: 2022-10-28T13:06:05+02:00
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# Releasing a new Vikunja version

This checklist is a collection of all steps usually involved when releasing a new version of Vikunja.
Not all steps are necessary for every release.

* Website update :
	* New Features: If there are new features worth mentioning the feature page should be updated.
	* New Screenshots: If an overhaul of an existing feature happend so that it now looks different from the existing screenshot, a new one is required.
* Generate changelogs: (with git-cliff)
	* Frontend
	* API
	* Desktop
* Tag a new version: Include the changelog for that version as the tag message
	* Frontend
	* API
	* Desktop
	* Once built: Prune the cloudflare cache so that the new versions show up at dl.vikunja.io
* Release Highlights Blogpost:
	* Include a section about Vikunja in general (totally fine to copy one from the earlier blog posts)
	* New Features & Improvements: Mention bigger features, potentially with screenshots. Things like refactoring are sometimes also worth mentioneing.
* Publish:
	* Reddit
	* Twitter
	* Mastodon
	* Chat
	* Newsletter
	* Forum
	* If features in the release were sponsored, send an email to relevant stakeholders
* Update Vikunja Cloud version and other instances