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feature: add release announcement field
kfess Apr 3, 2026
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Update release blog template front matter
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions release-team/role-handbooks/communications/README.md
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Expand Up @@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ The release lead will drive the content for the release theme and logo.
3. In a second PR opened (ideally) a week before the release day, the Comms Lead will:
- remove the `draft: true` parameter
- ensure the date parameter is set to the release date
- add the `release_announcement` parameter:

```yaml
release_announcement:
minor_version: "<major>.<minor>"
```
- add the release logo and theme to the final release blog

> [!IMPORTANT]
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8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions release-team/role-handbooks/communications/templates/release-blog.md
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Expand Up @@ -61,11 +61,13 @@ The template should give you some boilerplate. However, each release has its own
```md
---
layout: blog
title: 'Kubernetes 1.XX: <Release Name>'
title: 'Kubernetes v1.XX: <Release Name>'
date: 202n-mm-dd
slug: kubernetes-1-XX-release-announcement
slug: kubernetes-v1-XX-release-announcement
author: >
[Kubernetes v1.XX Release Team](https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/blob/master/releases/release-1.XX/release-team.md)
release_announcement:
minor_version: "1.XX"
---
---

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- Share your Kubernetes [story](https://docs.google.com/a/linuxfoundation.org/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuI7Ye3VQHQTwBASrgkjQDSS5TP0g3AXfFhwSM9YpHgxRKFA/viewform)
- Read more about what’s happening with Kubernetes on the [blog](https://kubernetes.io/blog/)
- Learn more about the [Kubernetes Release Team](https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/tree/master/release-team)
```
```