Release v2025 01 07

Prepare the release process

• Made a copy of the latest release Release-v2024-11-18 documented as a new page on cardano-wallet's wiki called Release-v2025-01-07 and substituted the version number in the title and the links.

• Picked up the latest green commgit from the release pipeline and prove it's green by linking the successful buildkite and github actions builds here.

  • master branching point: https://github.com/cardano-foundation/cardano-wallet/commit/9670aaf273b77b6de6bb3aefab0ea879524e8d45
  • release commit: https://github.com/cardano-foundation/cardano-wallet/commit/89faf170f388f9b475974896c349ad7676f0f44c
  • relelase pipeline build: https://buildkite.com/cardano-foundation/cardano-wallet-release/builds/623
  • main pipeline build: https://buildkite.com/cardano-foundation/cardano-wallet/builds/8699
  • check for performance regressions on the release commit artifacts: https://buildkite.com/organizations/cardano-foundation/pipelines/cardano-wallet/builds/8699/jobs/01944157-3965-42e5-96f3-ff4362c4b989/artifacts/01944179-8672-4d2b-8bb4-5834cd0174ab

• Unblock the release block on relelase pipeline build: https://buildkite.com/cardano-foundation/cardano-wallet-release/builds/614

Update the release page

• Fix the release note on the draft release automatically created by the release pipeline https://github.com/cardano-foundation/cardano-wallet/releases

Check out the docker image is on the docker hub

• link: https://hub.docker.com/r/cardanofoundation/cardano-wallet/tags
  • The tag was not pushed.
    • An issue is opened to fix this: https://github.com/cardano-foundation/cardano-wallet/issues/4901
  • I have pushed the tag by hand by
    • Copying the image content into my box from https://buildkite.com/organizations/cardano-foundation/pipelines/cardano-wallet/builds/8699/jobs/01944157-397c-4f38-a4af-067b92f8beb1/artifacts/01944166-b70c-4f38-af47-3058b9497255
    • Getting the credentials to dockerhub
      • https://start.1password.com/open/i?a=TYQQQLKUDBAFVHQ4P7XKFCUVYM&v=fhipthmhnufti4q2kky6d7336u&i=mbezvxuchiz3ehp3tvef766sca&h=cardanofoundation.1password.com
    • Copying them in ~/.docker/config.json
    • Pushing the image by hand

      docker login
      docker load < Downloads/cardano-wallet-v2025-01-07-docker-image.tgz
      docker push cardanofoundation/cardano-wallet:2025.1.7
      docker tag cardanofoundation/cardano-wallet:2025.1.7 cardanofoundation/cardano-wallet:latest
      docker push cardanofoundation/cardano-wallet:latest

• Report the link in the release notes
  • https://hub.docker.com/layers/cardanofoundation/cardano-wallet/2025.1.7/images/sha256-11f8606d0930b0dd052836190fc1ef816b1fbd362a1a434e85c621c5e52f71d2

Check out the bump.sh portal has the new release

• This has failed (again). The documentation was uploaded but the version is wrong. The reason could be no API changes aside the version bump ? https://bump.sh/hal-cardano-foundation/doc/cardano-wallet-backend An issue to fix this is already opened https://github.com/cardano-foundation/cardano-wallet/issues/4901

Fix the docs links

• The step has failed. I fixed the links by hand. An issue is opened to fix this: https://github.com/cardano-foundation/cardano-wallet/issues/4909

Check sensitive fields in the API

• Verify that sensitive fields listed in Cardano/Wallet/Api/Server are still accurate and aren't missing any new ones.

  sensitive =
      [ "passphrase"
      , "old_passphrase"
      , "new_passphrase"
      , "mnemonic_sentence"
      , "mnemonic_second_factor"
      ]
  

• Check out the documentation has been published by the github action https://github.com/cardano-foundation/cardano-wallet/actions/runs/12657094277/job/35271127223

Publication

• Once two engineers have signed off, publish the release draft.

• Merge the (administrative) commits created for the release tag back into the master branch.

• Remember to leave this checklist in an up-to-date status for the next releaser