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Add full 1.24 release timeline #1798

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* [Targeting Issues and PRs to This Milestone](https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-release/release.md)
* [Triaging and Escalating Test Failures](https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-testing/testing.md#troubleshooting-a-failure)

## TL;DR
## Summary

The 1.24 release cycle is proposed as follows:
The 1.24 release cycle is as follows:

- **Monday 10th January 2022**: Week 1 - Release cycle begins
- **TBC**: Week 2 - [Production Readiness Soft Freeze](https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-sig-architecture/c/a6_y81N49aQ)
- **TBC**: Week 3 - [Enhancements Freeze](../release_phases.md#enhancements-freeze)
- **TBC**: Week 11 - [Release Retrospective][Retrospective Document] part 1
- **TBC**: Week 13 - [Code Freeze](../release_phases.md#code-freeze)
- **TBC**: Week 14 - [Test Freeze](../release_phases.md#test-freeze)
- **TBC**: Week 15 - Docs must be completed and reviewed
- **Tuesday 19th April 2022**: Week 15 - Kubernetes v1.24.0 released
- **TBC**: Week 16 - [Release Retrospective][Retrospective Document] part 2
- **TBC**: Week 16 - [Release Retrospective][Retrospective Document] part 3
- **Monday 10th January 2022**: Week 1 Release cycle begins
- **Thursday 27th January 2022**: Week 3 — [Production Readiness Soft Freeze](https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-sig-architecture/c/a6_y81N49aQ)
- **02:00 UTC Friday 4th February 2022** / **18:00 PST Thursday 3rd February 2022** : Week 4 — [Enhancements Freeze](../release_phases.md#enhancements-freeze)
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👍

- **Wednesday 23rd March 2022**: Week 11 [Release Retrospective][Retrospective Document] part 1
- **01:00 UTC Wednesday 30th March 2022** / **02:00 BST Wednesday 30th March 2022** / **18:00 PDT Tuesday 29th March 2022**: Week 13 [Code Freeze](../release_phases.md#code-freeze)
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Thank you for including the times in UTC!! 💯

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My act of rebellion as a release lead who isn't based in pacific time is to put UTC first. 😂

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You also put date before month! Madness 🦀

- **01:00 UTC Wednesday 6th April 2022** / **02:00 BST Wednesday 6th April 2022** / **18:00 PDT Tuesday 5th April 2022**: Week 14 [Test Freeze](../release_phases.md#test-freeze)
- **Tuesday 12th April 2022**: Week 15 Docs must be completed and reviewed
- **Tuesday 19th April 2022**: Week 15 Kubernetes v1.24.0 released
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- **Wednesday 27th April 2022**: Week 16 [Release Retrospective][Retrospective Document] part 2
- **Thursday 28th April 2022**: Week 16 [Release Retrospective][Retrospective Document] part 3

## Timeline

| **What** | **Who** | **When** | **Week** | **CI Signal** |
|---|---|-------|---|---|
| Start of Release Cycle | Lead | | week 1 | [master-blocking] |
| Start Enhancements Tracking | Enhancements Lead | **TBC** | week 1 | |
| Schedule finalized | Lead | **TBC** | week 1 | |
| Team finalized | Lead | **TBC** | week 1 | |
| Production Readiness Soft Freeze | Enhancements Lead | **TBC** | week 2 | |
| Start Release Notes Draft | Release Notes Lead | **TBC** | week 3 | |
| **Begin [Enhancements Freeze]** ( **Time TBC**) | Enhancements Lead | **TBC** | week 3 | [master-blocking], [master-informing] |
| 1.24.0-alpha.2 released | Branch Manager | **TBC** | Week 4 | |
| 1.24.0-alpha.3 released | Branch Manager | **TBC** | Week 6 | |
| **Begin [Burndown]** (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday meetings) | Lead | **TBC** | week 11 | [1.24-blocking], [master-blocking], [master-informing] |
| **Call for [Exceptions][Exception]** | Lead | **TBC** | week 11 | |
| Brace Yourself, Code Freeze is Coming | Comms / Bug Triage | **TBC** | week 11 | |
| **Begin Feature blog freeze** (**Time TBC**) | Comms Lead | **TBC** | week 11 | |
| 1.24.0-alpha.4 released | Branch Manager | **TBC** | Week 11 | |
| Release retrospective part 1 (**Time TBC**) | Community | **TBC** | week 11 | |
| Burndown Meetings daily| Lead | **TBC** | week 13 | |
| **Begin [Code Freeze]** (**Time TBC**) | Branch Manager | **TBC** | week 13 | |
| 1.24.0-beta.0 released | Branch Manager | **TBC** | week 13 | |
| Docs deadline - Open placeholder PRs | Docs Lead | **TBC** | week 13 | |
| **[Test Freeze]** (**Time TBC**) | Branch Manager | **TBC** | week 14 | |
| Docs deadline - PRs ready for review | Docs Lead | **TBC** | week 14 | |
| 1.24.0-rc.0 released | Branch Manager | **TBC** | week 14 | |
| release-1.24 branch created | Branch Manager | **TBC** | week 14 | |
| release-1.24 jobs created | Branch Manager | **TBC** | week 14 | |
| Start final draft of Release Notes | Release Notes Lead | **TBC** | week 14 | |
| Release blog ready to review (**Time TBC**) | Comms / Docs | **TBC** | week 14 | |
| Docs complete - All PRs reviewed and ready to merge | Docs Lead | **TBC** | week 15 | |
| Feature blogs ready to review (**Time TBC**)| Enhancement Owner / SIG Leads | **TBC** | week 15 | |
| Release Notes complete - reviewed & merged to `k/sig-release` (**Time TBC**) | Release Notes Lead | **TBC** | week 15 | |
| 1.24.0-rc.1 released | Branch Manager | **TBC** | week 15 | |
| **v1.24.0 released** | Branch Manager | **TBC** | week 16 | |
| Release blog published | Comms | **TBC** | week 16 | |
| **[Thaw]** | Branch Manager | **TBC** | week 16 | |
| Release retrospective part 2 (**TBC**) | Community | **TBC** | week 17 | |
| Release retrospective part 3 (**TBC**) | Community | **TBC** | week 17 | |
| Start of Release Cycle | Lead | Monday 10th January 2022 | week 1 | [master-blocking] |
| Start Enhancements Tracking | Enhancements Lead | Monday 10th January 2022 | week 1 | |
| Schedule finalized | Lead | Friday 14th January 2022 | week 1 | |
| Team finalized | Lead | Friday 14th January 2022 | week 1 | |
| Start Release Notes Draft | Release Notes Lead | Tuesday 25th January 2022 | week 3 | |
| Production Readiness Soft Freeze | Enhancements Lead | Thursday 27th January 2022 | week 3 | |
| 1.24.0-alpha.2 released | Branch Manager | Tuesday 1st February 2022 | Week 4 | |
| **Begin [Enhancements Freeze]** | Enhancements Lead | 02:00 UTC Friday 4th February 2020 / 18:00 PST Thursday 3rd February 2022 | week 4 | [master-blocking], [master-informing] |
| 1.24.0-alpha.3 released | Branch Manager | Tuesday 15th February 2022 | Week 6 | |
| (most of) North America enters Daylight Savings Time | | Sunday 13th March 2022 | | |
| **Begin [Burndown]** (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday meetings) | Lead | Monday 21st March 2022 | week 11 | [1.24-blocking], [master-blocking], [master-informing] |
| **Call for [Exceptions][Exception]** | Lead | Monday 21st March 2022 | week 11 | |
| Brace Yourself, Code Freeze is Coming | Comms / Bug Triage | Monday 21st March 2022 | week 11 | |
| **Begin Feature blog freeze** | Comms Lead | 01:00 UTC Wednesday 23rd March 2022 / 18:00 PDT Tuesday 22nd March 2022 | week 11 | |
| 1.24.0-alpha.4 released | Branch Manager | Tuesday 22nd March 2022 | Week 11 | |
| Release retrospective part 1 (**Time TBC**) | Community | Wednesday 23rd March 2022 | week 11 | |
| (most of) Europe enters Daylight Savings Time | | Sunday 27th March 2022 | | |
| Burndown Meetings daily | Lead | Monday 28th March 2022 | week 12 | |
| **Begin [Code Freeze]** | Branch Manager | 01:00 UTC Wednesday 30th March 2022 / 02:00 BST Wednesday 30th March 2022 / 18:00 PDT Tuesday 29th March 2022 | week 12 | |
| 1.24.0-beta.0 released | Branch Manager | Wednesday 30th March 2022 | week 12 | |
| Docs deadline — Open placeholder PRs | Docs Lead | Thursday 31st March 2022 | week 12 | |
| Deprecations and Removals blog published | Comms | Thursday 31st March 2022 | week 12 | |
| **[Test Freeze]** | Branch Manager | 01:00 UTC Wednesday 6th April 2022 / 02:00 BST Wednesday 6th April 2022 / 18:00 PDT Tuesday 5th April 2022 | week 13 | |
| Docs deadline — PRs ready for review | Docs Lead | Tuesday 5th April 2022 | week 13 | |
| 1.24.0-rc.0 released | Branch Manager | Tuesday 5th April 2022 | week 13 | |
| release-1.24 branch created | Branch Manager | Tuesday 5th April 2022 | week 13 | |
| release-1.24 jobs created | Branch Manager | Tuesday 5th April 2022 | week 13 | |
| Start final draft of Release Notes | Release Notes Lead | Tuesday 5th April 2022 | week 13 | |
| Release blog ready to review | Comms / Docs | 01:00 UTC Wednesday 6th April 2022 / 02:00 BST Wednesday 6th April 2022 / 18:00 PDT Tuesday 5th April 2022 | week 13 | |
| Docs complete — All PRs reviewed and ready to merge | Docs Lead | Tuesday 12th April 2022 | week 14 | |
| Feature blogs ready to review | Enhancement Owner / SIG Leads | Tuesday 12th April 2022 | week 14 | |
| Release Notes complete — reviewed & merged to `k/sig-release` | Release Notes Lead | 01:00 UTC Friday 15th April 2022 / 02:00 BST Friday 15th April 2022 / 18:00 PDT Thursday 14th April 2022 | week 14 | |
| 1.24.0-rc.1 released | Branch Manager | Friday 15th April 2022 | week 14 | |
| **v1.24.0 released** | Branch Manager | Tuesday 19th April 2022 | week 15 | |
| Release blog published | Comms | Tuesday 19th April 2022 | week 15 | |
| **[Thaw]** | Branch Manager | Tuesday 19th April 2022 | week 15 | |
| Release retrospective part 2 (**Time TBC**) | Community | Wednesday 27th April 2020 | week 16 | |
| Release retrospective part 3 (**Time TBC**) | Community | Thursday 28th April 2020 | week 16 | |

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