Tracking issue for minor release: 24.04-1.3

Info for the release

• Series: 24.04-1.x
• Version: 24.04-1.3
• Release coordinator: Ratchanan Srirattanamet (@peat-psuwit)
• Schedules:
  • Freeze date, first RC: 23 April 2025
  • Release date: 7 May 2025

Release status

Tasks for announcing release

• Pinned message in "UBports Development" group.
• Heads up in "UBports WritersOps" group.

Tasks for release candidate(s)

• Verify no issue in the release's milestone is marked "Severity: Critical".
• Smoke tests (boot, WiFi, mobile data, phone, SMS)
  • Halium 7 (Sony Xperia X)
  • Halium 9 (Volla Phone)
  • Halium 10 (???)
  • Halium 11 (Fairphone 4)
  • Halium 12 (Volla Phone X23)
  • Halium 13 (Volla Phone Quintus)
• Promote images from /daily to /rc

/opt/ubports-systemimage-tools/bin/promote-images \
    --release 24.04-1.x \
    --from daily --to rc \
    --tag "24.04-1.3 RC 1"

• Update version name in ubuntu-touch-meta-release.
• Call for testing forum post:
• Call for testing announced on Telegram QA group.
• Call for testing blog post:

Tasks for actual release

• Verify no issue in the release's milestone is marked "Severity: Critical".
• Promote images from /rc to /stable.

/opt/ubports-systemimage-tools/bin/promote-images \
    --release 24.04-1.x \
    --from rc --to stable \
    --tag "24.04-1.3" \
    --tag-source-image \
    --push-notify \
    --phased-percentage 1

• Update version name in ubuntu-touch-meta-release.
• Set up phaser in Ansible Playbook.
• Release announcement blog post:
• After ~5 days, ensure that phased percentage reaches 100%