release: v19.1.0

[solongordon]

Candidate SHA: 25dd36f (same as v19.1.0-rc.4)

Deployment status: Deployed to roachprod.

• Previous: http://solon-release-v1910-rc3a-0001.roachprod.crdb.io:26258
• Candidate: http://solon-release-v1910-rc4a-0001.roachprod.crdb.io:26258

Release qualification suite: https://teamcity.cockroachdb.com/viewLog.html?buildId=1259055&buildTypeId=Cockroach_ReleaseQualification (rc.4)

Nightly Suite: https://teamcity.cockroachdb.com/viewLog.html?buildId=1259225&buildTypeId=Cockroach_Nightlies_NightlySuite (rc.4)

Release process checklist

Prep date: Monday 2019-04-29

• Pick a SHA, fill in Candidate SHA above, notify #release-process of SHA.

• Tag the provisional SHA

• Publish provisional binaries

• Check binaries

• Deploy to test clusters

• Start release qualification suite

• Start nightly suite

• Verify node crash reports

• fill in Deployment status above with clusters and Nightly Suite with the link to Nightly TeamCity Job

• Keep an eye on clusters until release date. Do not proceed below until the release date.

Release date: Tuesday 2019-04-30

• Check cluster status

• Tag release

• Bless provisional binaries

• For production or stable releases in the latest major release series

  • Update the Homebrew Formula
    • cockroach 19.1.0 Homebrew/homebrew-core#39432
    • Blocked by build: whitelist prefix Make variable #37239.
  • Update the image tag in our Orchestrator configurations
    • cloud: bump Orchestrator configs to v19.1.0 #37207
    • cockroachdb: Update version to 19.1.0 helm/charts#13408
  • Announce version to the registration cluster
  • Upgrade the registration cluster (reg runs latest stable version)

• Update docs

• External communications for release

[solongordon]

Updating the Homebrew Formula is blocked until 19.1.1 due to #37239. Otherwise this is all set!