Release Team Meeting 2026-05-20

[ogajduse]

Meeting Type: Foreman Release Team Meeting
Date: May 20, 2026
Community: https://community.theforeman.org

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Foreman Nightly

• hammer-cli-katello needs to be bumped to 1.22 in nightly
• failing Katello jobs to be resolved by https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/11758

Foreman 3.19

• Status Updates
  • 3.19.0 TODO | 3.19.0 DONE
  • CI Overview
• Foreman 3.19 was branched, and RC1 was released
  • foreman-documentation PR with release notes is open, waiting for feedback
    • we may want to add a note about containerized deployment - foremanctl
• Foreman 3.19 RC2 is in a week - 2026-05-26
  • The packaging team should include a procedure to create images in the Foreman and/or Katello release procedure
    • @Odilhao will update it
• Foreman 5.0 schedule to be posted today

Foreman 3.18

• Status Updates
  • 3.18.1 TODO | 3.18.1 DONE
  • CI Overview
• CI is green
• We expect a release in May(?). Exact date to be posted in the Release Procedure. If there’s a need for 3.18.z, please reach out to @ogajduse.

Foreman 3.17

• Current Release Status
  • 3.17.3 TODO | 3.17.3 DONE
  • CI Overview
• CI is green
• We expect a release in May(?). Exact date to be posted in the Release Procedure. If there’s a need for 3.17.z, please reach out to @ogajduse.

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Katello 4.21

• Status Updates
• Branching is finished, and RC1 is in progress. Still in progress: release notes, announcements.

Katello 4.20

• Status Updates
  • 4.20.1 is in progress, packaging to be done

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Pulp Integration

• Current Status
  • Pulp is happy
  • Branching 3.105 is done
  • Discussion around supporting rpm-rs in Pulp
    • Python bindings would need to be created to support rpm-rs
    • This is pure pulp-rpm change; Katello should not be affected by this change

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