Release Cycle

Definitions

1. The full sequence from planning and development through testing, packaging, and publication of a software version. Teams discuss release cycles to reason about speed, stability, freeze periods, and operational workload.

   In plain English: The overall process and timeline a project follows to produce and publish a release.

   Example: "The release cycle includes a hard code freeze because packaging and downstream validation take a full extra week."

Related Terms

• Breaking Change
• Long Marches
• GitHub Release
• Major Version
• Minor Version
• Point Release
• Release Cadence
• Release Strategy
• Version Bump