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Rafael Gonzaga 7abbd56cfd doc: document the alpha release process
Document how to prepare, version, tag and promote the Alpha releases
introduced by the new release schedule, starting with Node.js 27, and
how the first Alpha and semver-major releases are prepared with
git node release.

Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/Release/issues/1187
Signed-off-by: RafaelGSS <rafael.nunu@hotmail.com>
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/66796
Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <richard.lau@ibm.com>
2026-10-26 16:32:08 +00:00

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name: Major Release
on:
schedule:
- cron: 0 0 15 2 * # runs at midnight UTC every 15 February
permissions:
contents: read
jobs:
create-issue:
if: github.repository == 'nodejs/node'
runs-on: ubuntu-slim
permissions:
issues: write
steps:
- name: Check for release schedule
id: check-date
run: |
# Get the current month and day
MONTH=$(date +'%m')
DAY=$(date +'%d')
# We'll create the reminder issue two months prior the release
if [[ "$MONTH" == "02" ]] && [[ "$DAY" == "15" ]]; then
echo "create_issue=true" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
fi
- name: Retrieve next major release info from nodejs/Release
if: env.create_issue == 'true'
run: |
curl -L https://github.com/nodejs/Release/raw/HEAD/schedule.json | \
jq -r 'to_entries | map(select(.value.start | strptime("%Y-%m-%d") | mktime > now)) | first | "VERSION=" + .key + "\nRELEASE_DATE=" + .value.start' >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
- name: Compute max date for landing semver-major PRs
if: env.create_issue == 'true'
run: |
echo "PR_MAX_DATE=$(date -d "$RELEASE_DATE -1 month" +%Y-%m-%d)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
- name: Create release announcement issue
if: env.create_issue == 'true'
run: |
gh issue create --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" \
--title "Upcoming Node.js Major Release ($VERSION)" \
--body-file -<<EOF
A reminder that the next Node.js **SemVer Major release** is scheduled for **${RELEASE_DATE}**.
All commits that were landed until **${PR_MAX_DATE}** (one month prior to the release) will be included in the next semver major release. Please ensure that any necessary preparations are made in advance.
For more details on the release process, consult the [Node.js Release Working Group repository](https://github.com/nodejs/release).
cc: @nodejs/collaborators
EOF
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}