PatternFly 6.5 Release Testing and checklist

[nicolethoen]

Issues needed for code freeze

• High contrast support for charts ( ) (PR)

• Core default theme glass background image ( ) (PR)

• React follow up for background image updates ( ) (PR)

• Core fix for shadows being cut off ( ) (PR)

• Drawer - validate glass styles ( ) - possibly no PR needed

• Drawer - collapsed pill gap ( ) (PR)

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CODE FREEZE

Once all above items merged, code freeze begins. Focus shifts to release checklist execution.

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Pre-Release: Docs/Demo Work

• New glass mode handbook ( ) (PR)

• Update theming docs with felt theme & glass ( ) (PR)

• Update design-tokens package/docs (PR)

• 6.5 release highlights ( ) (PR)

• Add docs for PatternFly CLI ( ) (PR)

• Remove generative ui nav item and relocate compass docs ( ) (PR)

• Icons docs ( ) (PR)

• Update staging with final prereleases (Jira)

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Release Checklist

Extension Versioning & Publishing Audit

Before identifying RC versions:

• Audit all 10 extensions for correct versioning (check latest stable → prerelease increment)

• Verify CI/CD publishing to npm for recent PRs

• Resolve version bump issues (6 extensions need new prereleases as of May 11)

• Resolve stale publishing issues (4 extensions have old RCs)

Identify Release Candidate Versions

• [place versions here after audit complete]

Final Testing Pass

• OCP

• RHOAI

• (If opportunity) ConsoleDot

Performance Investigation

• @patternfly-platform round table on performance investigation (Jira issue)

Medium Articles

Are any Medium articles getting published or updated on the homepage? (likely not a release blocker but good to track)

• Medium article: CLI ( )

• Medium article: Unified theme ( )

• Medium article: Glass ( )

• Medium article: High contrast mode ( )

• Update PF home page with featured blog posts

Update Staging with RC Versions

• Update staging each time we pass off a round to testers

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Once Staging Updated: Sign-offs Begin

Final Review of Staging (Shared Ownership)

Everyone shares ownership of final staging review. Each person has aspects of ongoing work for which they have deepest knowledge.

Design Architect Sign-off

Manager Sign-off

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Publish & Deploy

• NPM Packages published and codebases prepped for post release work

• Patternfly.org is published

• Docs API updated so MCP is exposing updated docs

• Seed apps updated with latest versions (Jira)

Target Release Date

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Jira Issue: PF-4145

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Jira Issue: PF-3176