Moodle App Release Process

Six weeks before (Code freeze)

#	Task	Responsible
1.	Force an update of the local_moodlemobileapp plugin (as release candidate) with new strings in moodle.org/plugins (only for Moodle version 3.5).	Developer
2.	Ask someone from sites or community team to review the new English strings.	Community or Sites team
3.	Announce in the moodle translation forums the new strings available. This will allow translators to add the new strings during the days prior to the release.	Developer
4.	Add the release notes in the release issue created (search for the release_notes tag). Ask someone from the documentation team to review the release notes.	Developer
5.	Contact the marketing team announcing the new release and highlights.	Team Lead
6.	Add new QA tests to the apps_test site. New QA tests should be labeled with qa_test_required, remove that label once they are added to the site.	Tester
7.	Complete all TODOs related with the upcoming release, which are marked in code with a comment starting with @todo [version-number] (for example, before releasing 4.1 we'd search for comments starting with @todo [4.1])	Developer
8.	Update npm dependencies in the main branch, and run npm audit to ensure all the dependencies are OK. Also check github vulnerabilities report.	Developer
9.	Start testing	Tester

The release day

#	Task	Responsible
1.	Set the right version number for the new Moodle LMS major release in the site.ts constant MOODLE_RELEASES.	Developer
2.	Launch the internal release github workflow.	Developer
3.	Do some testing with the production builds before sending the application to the stores (overall testing to see that nothing is broken): Correct definitive version name displayed (and commit) AOT compiling worked Language strings synchronised from lang.moodle.net New language packs added	All the team
4.	Send the applications to the stores for review.	Team Lead
5.	Check TAG/Release have been created in github (moodlehq/moodleapp) with the version number.	Developer
6.	Mark the issue and the version as released in the tracker.	Team Lead
7.	Update release notes.	Team Lead

The following days

#	Task	Responsible
1.	Create an issue in the tracker for the next release, like: MOBILE-4270	Developer
2.	Social media announcements (Forum and Twitter).	All the team & Marketing team
3.	Post in moodle.org/news.	Team Lead
4.	Review the users and developers documentation (check that everything is in order). Review the docs_required and dev_docs_required_tags. Review the Mobile features wiki documentation.	All the team
5.	Update branches and tags in all repositories (moodleapp, local_moodlemobileapp, local_moodleappbehat, etc.).	Developer
6.	Prepare the repository for the next release: Bump version numbers in the following files: config.xml, package.json, package-lock.json, and moodle.config.json. Update the DEFAULT_LASTVERSION variable with the new major release on scripts/lang_functions.sh Set the version number for the next Moodle LMS major release in the site.ts constant MOODLE_RELEASES You can see an example of doing all of that in this PR: 4.3.0 version update	Developer
7.	Check that the Docker image for the new version was successfully built.	Developer
8.	Update of the local_moodlemobileapp plugin (as final release) in moodle.org/plugins.	Developer
9.	Update of the local_moodleappbehat plugin (as final release) in moodle.org/plugins.	Developer
10.	Check if the Android API level should be increased or not to use a recent one.	Developer
11.	Review the new features/improvements specs/shaping documents to ensure that they clearly reflect the actual implementation of the feature.	All the team
12.	Review that all the minor issues found during the QA testing have a related and triaged MOBILE issue in the tracker.	All the team
13.	Make sure that tests are passing with all the supported versions in ci.moodle.org.	Developer

See also

• Moodle App Release Notes