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The list of releases with notes can be found at: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/releases

Release schedule

Version	RC release	Stable release
0.38.0	week of November 7	November 21
0.39.0	week of November 21	December 2
0.40.0	1st of December	1st of January
0.41.0	1st of January	1st of February
0.42.0	1st of February	1st of March
0.43.0	1st of March	1st of April
0.44.0	1st of April	1st of May
0.45.0	1st of May	1st of June
0.46.0	1st of June	1st of July
0.47.0	1st of July	1st of August
0.48.0	1st of August	1st of September
0.49.0	1st of September	1st of October
0.50.0	1st of October	1st of November
...	...	...

How to cut a new release branch

Prerequisites

The following are required for the local test suite to run:

macOS with Android dev environment set up
At least 0.2.0 react-native-cli installed globally

Check everything works

Before cutting a release branch, make sure CI systems Travis and Circle are green.

Before executing the following script, make sure you have:

An Android emulator / Genymotion device running
No packager running in any of the projects

./scripts/test-manual-e2e.sh

This script bundles a react-native package locally and passes it to the react-native cli that creates a test project inside /tmp folder using that version.

After npm install completes, the script prints a set of manual checks you have to do to ensure the release you are preparing is working as expected on both platforms.

Cut a release branch and push to github

Run:

git checkout -b <version_you_are_releasing>-stable
# e.g. git checkout -b 0.50-stable

./scripts/bump-oss-version.js <exact-version_you_are_releasing>
# e.g. ./scripts/bump-oss-version.js 0.50.0-rc
# You can use the --remote option to specify a Git remote other than the default "origin"

Circle CI will automatically run the tests and publish to npm with the version you have specified (e.g 0.50.0-rc) and tag next meaning that this version will not be installed for users by default.

Go to Circle CI, look for your branch on the left side and look the npm publish step.

Make sure we have release notes

Write the release notes, or post in React Native Core Contributors that the RC is ready to find a voluteer. You can also use react-native-release-notes to generate a draft of release notes.

To go through all the commits that went into a release, one way is to use the GitHub compare view:

https://github.com/facebook/react-native/compare/0.49-stable...0.50-stable

Note: This only shows 250 commits, if there are more use git.

When making a list of changes, ignore docs, showcase updates and minor typos.

Sometimes commit messages might be really short / confusing - try rewording them where it makes sense. Below are few examples:

Fix logging reported by RUN_JS_BUNDLE -> Fix systrace logging of RUN_JS_BUNDLE event
Fixes hot code reloading issue -> Fix an edge case in hot module reloading

Before posting the list of changes, consider asking one of contributors for their opinion. Once everything is ready, post the release notes: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/releases

Important: For release candidate releases, make sure to check "This is a pre-release".

Update `Breaking Changes` document

Once the release is cut, go to the page where all breaking changes are listed and create section for the release. Don't forget to move all breaking changes from master that are now part of the release.

When finished and there are breaking changes, include them in the release notes you just created.

Tweet about the rc release

Tweet about it! Link to release notes and say "please report issues" and link to the master issue to track bugs you created.

IMPORTANT: Track bug reports from the community during the following month, ping owners to get them fixed

A good way to do this is to create a github issue and post about it so people can report bugs. Examples: #14840, #6087, #5201

Only cherry-pick small and non-risky bug fixes. Don't pick new features into the release as this greatly increases the risk of something breaking. The main point of the RC is to let people to use it for a month and fix the most serious bugs.

How to release an RC update (e.g. 0.50.0-rc.1, 0.50.0-rc.2)

After cherry-picking 1-2 bug fixes, it is a good idea to do a new RC release so that people can test again. Having a few RC releases can also help people bisect in case we cherry-pick a bad commit by mistake.

git checkout 0.version_you_are_releasing-stable
# e.g. git checkout 0.50-stable

git pull origin 0.version_you_are_releasing-stable
# e.g. git pull origin 0.50-stable

# Cherry-pick those commits
git cherry-pick commitHash1

# IMPORTANT: Test everything again (Chrome debugging, Reload JS, Hot Module Reloading)
./scripts/test-manual-e2e.sh

If everything worked:

./scripts/bump-oss-version.js <exact_version_you_are_releasing>
# e.g. ./scripts/bump-oss-version.js 0.50.0-rc.1

How to do the final release (e.g. 0.50.0, 0.50.1)

Roughly a month after the branch cut (see the release schedule above) it's time to promote the last RC to a real release.

Once all bugfixes have been cherry-picked and you're sure the release is solid (example: #6087), do the release:

git checkout 0.version_you_are_releasing-stable
# e.g. git checkout 0.50-stable

git pull origin 0.version_you_are_releasing-stable
# e.g. git pull origin 0.50-stable

# Cherry-pick those commits, if any
git cherry-pick commitHash1

# IMPORTANT: If you cherry-picked any commits, test everything again (Chrome debugging, Reload JS, Hot Module Reloading)
./scripts/test-manual-e2e.sh

If everything worked:

./scripts/bump-oss-version.js <exact_version_you_are_releasing>
# e.g. ./scripts/bump-oss-version.js 0.50.0

Update the release notes

Once you see the version in the top left corner of the website has been updated: Move the release notes to the tag you've just created. We want single release notes per version, for example if there is v0.50.0-rc and later we release v0.50.0, the release notes should live on v0.50.0: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/tags

For non-RC releases: Uncheck the box "This is a pre-release" and publish the notes.

Tweet about it

Tweet about it! :) (example tweet)

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