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1. Alex Ross (alexr00)

   added this to the 1.142.0 milestone on Oct 9, 2026
2. Alex Ross (alexr00)

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   Alex Ross (alexr00)

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   Kyle Cutler (kycutler)

   on Oct 9, 2026
3. Alex Ross (alexr00)

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   endgame-planVS Code - Next release plan for endgameVS Code - Next release plan for endgame

   on Oct 9, 2026
4. vs-code-engineering

   pinned this issue on Oct 12, 2026
5. TrazynsInfiniteTesseracts commented on Oct 13, 2026

   

   Trazyn (TrazynsInfiniteTesseracts)

   on Oct 13, 2026

   Last edited by TrazynsInfiniteTesseracts

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   Endgame guide

   Before Monday 6AM Zurich time

   @team:

   • Update endgame availability
   • Test plan items created
   • Milestone only has TPIs. All other issues need to be closed
   • All closed issues in milestone labeled on-testplan, bug, or verification-needed
   • Verification steps added to bug and verification-needed issues

   Monday morning (Zurich)

   @endgame-champ:

   • Unpin the previous endgame plan from the VS Code issue tracker[x] Pin this endgame plan in the VS Code issue tracker* [x] Assign TPIs

     • Create TPI's for all verification needed bugs. Visit Testing and Verification on tools site, and generate groupings, then create TPIs. The TPI section below will update with all of the generated items.[x] Pause automatic releases (this also ensures chat-pre-release isn't released) after 10am. (Pipeline Link)* [x] Run the Start Endgame workflow

     • PRs opened with auto-merge enabled — ensure they get reviewed and merged Monday morning so Insiders picks up the next milestone version:

       • Version bump (microsoft/vscode): Bump version to 1.143.0 #340991* [x] Endgame notebook milestone bump (microsoft/vscode): Update endgame notebook milestones to 1.142.0 #340990* If you need to run these steps manually, see the Branching guide.[ ] In absence of the tech writer, follow the steps in the website endgame issue

   Monday morning (Redmond and Zurich)

   @team:

   • Test plan items. All TPIs must be finished by noon. This includes verification TPIs.
   • Make sure your TPIs are being tested and ping folks if to confirm they will finish by noon.

   Monday afternoon (Redmond and Zurich)

   @team:

   • Fix essential issues. Default to pushing to next iteration
   • Release notes

   Monday EOD Redmond time

   @team:

   • All issues including late fixes, are verified (query)
   • Release notes written

   @endgame-champ:

   • Build and release Insiders from release/<x.y> branch so we can finish verification. (Pipeline Link)[ ] Build stable from release/<x.y> branch (do not release) so that the Zurich team would have a build to release given no candidates. (Pipline Link)

   Tuesday by noon CET

   @team:

   • Fix essential issues. Default to pushing to next iteration
   • Release notes

   @endgame-champ:

   • • Generate "Thank you" section of the release notes in the vnext branch of the vscode-docs repo.

       • Acknowledge third-party pull requests in release notes.* [x] Acknowledge issue trackers from the community (do the copy-paste variant) -* [ ] If this is not Patch Tuesday only:

       • Build and release insiders from release/<x.y> (if there have been newer changes since last release)* [ ] Build stable from release/<x.y> and release to MSFT folks* [ ] Reenable automatic releases

         • A build is scheduled for 7:00 PM Zurich time (19:00 GMT+2); make sure automatic releases are reenabled before then so we get an Insiders build from main on Tuesday evening.

   Tuesday afternoon/Wednesday morning

   • In extreme cases, accept candidate changes

     • Build stable from release/<x.y>. Do not bump the VS Code version.[ ] Release stable to MSFT folks

   Wednesday

   @endgame-champ:

   • Publish website so that in-product release notes are ready[ ] Start Stable rollout to everyone (start percentage: 20%, end time UTC: 6AM next Wednesday)* [ ] Deploy vscode.dev

     • Verify the release candidate release/x.y passed the sanity tests in the last step* [ ] Kick off deploy (Branch release/x.y, Deployment Target prod, needs peer approval)[ ] Publish @vscode/chat-lib (Branch release/x.y, Release Version auto; the release pipeline job requires two approvals)[ ] Publish socials (ping Cynthia)[ ] Publish @types/vscode if you find type diffs after running the steps* [ ] Create an official release

     • Create a tag (make sure you pull the release branch first): git tag <x.y.z>* [ ] Push the tag: git push origin <x.y.z>* [ ] Create a GitHub release: Open the GitHub tags, and click far right ... > Create Release. Use the version as title <x.y.z> and use the release link https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v<x_y> for the description[ ] Close milestone (do not delete it): https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/milestones[ ] Move all remaining issues to "On Deck"[ ] Ensure that the latest Insiders release from main has succeeded

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6. Kyle Cutler (kycutler)

   closed this as completedon Oct 14, 2026