• Do an upmerge from v1.14 to v1.15 @hhunter-ms
• Do an upmerge from v1.15 to v1.16 @hhunter-ms

Update all SDKs docs

• All SDK maintainers ACK that docs are ready
• Update all the SDK submodules and triage changes with maintainers

v1.14 Branch - use this for reference: **** #4247

@hhunter-ms
In pending PR:

• Add v1.15 (latest) to nav bar
• Archive notice
• Update root README.md
• Update URL in config.toml
• Delete workflow file

Day of:

• Push v1.14 PR @msfussell

v1.15 Branch - use this for reference: **** #4248

@hhunter-ms
In a pending PR:

• Update README.md
• Update version dropdown in nav bar
• Supported versions section
• All output logs change 1.14 to 1.15 (change dapr-latest-version.html)
• Update URL in config.toml
• Update workflow for docs.dapr.io to v1.15 branch

Day of:

• Push v1.15 PR @msfussell
• Update diagram deck @hhunter-ms

GitHub - After release

• Make v1.15 the default branch @msfussell
• One last upmerge @hhunter-ms

Website

• Create new website for v1.16 @hhunter-ms
• Add DNS entry for new website @hhunter-ms
• Add custom domain & generate SSL certificate - Needs to happen after the DNS entry is created @hhunter-ms

v1.16 Branch

@hhunter-ms
Ahead of PR:

• Create v1.16 branch @hhunter-ms
• Create new v1.16 secret

@hhunter-ms
In a pending PR:

• Update website workflow file - See this PR [Endgame] fix navbar for 1.11 #3178 for the Nav bar @hhunter-ms
• Update website-v1-15.yml to website-v1-16.yml
• Check if need to remove website-root.yml to keep from competing with current branch

Day of:

• Push v1.16 PR
• Upmerge from release branch to preview branch

Release announcements

• Release notes/blog @marcduiker @hhunter-ms
• Tweet release announcement @marcduiker
• Discord release announcement @marcduiker