v1.6 Branch - use this for reference: TBD **** https://github.com/dapr/docs/pull/1925/files

@msfussell @hhunter-ms @greenie-msft

In pending PR:

• Add v1.7 (latest) to nav bar
• Archive notice
• Update root README.md
• Update URL in config.toml
• Delete workflow file

Day of:

• Push v1.6 PR

v1.7 Branch - use this for reference: TBD **** https://github.com/dapr/docs/pull/1926/files

@msfussell @hhunter-ms @greenie-msft

In a pending PR:

• Update README.md
• Update version dropdown in nav bar
• Supported versions section
• All output logs change 1.6 to 1.7
• Update URL in config.toml
• Update workflow for docs.dapr.io to v1.6 branch
• Update quickstart page links to the latest release branch (requires quickstarts to cut a release branch)

Day of:

• Push v1.7 PR

GitHub - After release

@greenie-msft

• Make v1.7 the default branch
• One last upmerge

Website

• Create new website for v1.7, v1.8, v1.9 - @willtsai + @greenie-msft
• Add DNS entry for new website - @greenie-msft to ask CNCF to create this. Let's as for v1-7.docs, v1-8.docs, v1-9.docs.
• Add custom domain & generate SSL certificate - Needs to happen after the DNS entry is created - @willtsai + @greenie-msft

v1.8 Branch

@msfussell @hhunter-ms @greenie-msft

• Create v1.8 branch
• Update website workflow file - See this PR Fix navbar for v1.7 branch #2156 for the Nav bar
• Upmerge from release branch to preview branch

Release announcements

• Release notes/blog - @paulyuk
• Tweet release announcement - @greenie-msft
• Discord release announcement - @greenie-msft