# \#release-process **URL:** https://talk.openmrs.org/tag/release-process/285.md [Latest](https://talk.openmrs.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://talk.openmrs.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://talk.openmrs.org/tags.md) --- ## [Looking for the OpenMRS Platform 2.8.0 Release Manager](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/looking-for-the-openmrs-platform-2-8-0-release-manager/46419)
**Author:** [@wikumc](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/wikumc)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/looking-for-the-openmrs-platform-2-8-0-release-manager/46419 "2025-07-30T17:03:22Z")
Hi everyone, We’re looking for a volunteer to serve as the Release Manager for the upcoming OpenMRS Platform 2.8.0 release, which is planned for July this year. This is a great opportunity to contribute to the communit… --- ## [Release notes for repos](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/release-notes-for-repos/46097)
**Author:** [@raff](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/raff)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 8:55am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/release-notes-for-repos/46097 "2025-05-23T08:55:42Z")
@grace as promised I quickly drafted a github action that creates release notes for any new tag in a repo. I applied it to the webservices.rest module for now. Please see an example of release notes here: https://github.… --- ## [O3 Release - List of backend modules](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/o3-release-list-of-backend-modules/39494)
**Author:** [@ruhanga](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/ruhanga)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2023, 6:23am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/o3-release-list-of-backend-modules/39494 "2023-05-02T06:23:47Z")
Hi all, As this is going on, there are some backend Maven artefacts that need releasing. Artefact Snapshot version OCL 2.1.0-SNAPSHOT Reference Demo Data 2.3.0-SNAPSHOT Are we good to release these (withou… --- ## [Releasing O3 Ref App 3.0.0-rc](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/releasing-o3-ref-app-3-0-0-rc/39461)
**Author:** [@mksd](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mksd)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/releasing-o3-ref-app-3-0-0-rc/39461 "2023-04-28T15:08:20Z")
Dear O3 Community, Namely: @AMPATH @Mekom @OHRI @PalladiumKenya @PIH @UWash We would like to suggest a way forward to obtain a release candidate for O3 now that we have been through multiple alpha and beta releases. T… --- ## [Releasing O3 Ref App 3.0.0-beta](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/releasing-o3-ref-app-3-0-0-beta/38312)
**Author:** [@mksd](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mksd)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/releasing-o3-ref-app-3-0-0-beta/38312 "2023-02-17T13:55:18Z")
@achachiez and @ibacher this is my suggestion: someone to make a PR that we will merge rebase and that contains two commits : First commit title: Release 3.0.0-alpha Second commit title: Resuming development: 3.0.0-SN… --- ## [Looking for the OpenMRS 2.6.0 Platform Release Manager](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/looking-for-the-openmrs-2-6-0-platform-release-manager/37825)
**Author:** [@dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/dkayiwa)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/looking-for-the-openmrs-2-6-0-platform-release-manager/37825 "2023-02-10T19:25:38Z")
Dear Community, On today’s platform team call, we decided to look for a release manager for the OpenMRS Platform version 2.6.0, which we would ideally release before the end of this year. This is our platform release p… --- ## [OpenMRS Platform 2.6.0-alpha (Ready for Testing)](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/openmrs-platform-2-6-0-alpha-ready-for-testing/38334)
**Author:** [@mherman22](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mherman22)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 5:29am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/openmrs-platform-2-6-0-alpha-ready-for-testing/38334 "2023-01-23T05:29:11Z")
Hello Everyone, As we continue with the release process of OpenMRS Platform 2.6.0, I am thrilled to inform everyone that we have reached the alpha phase and that our OpenMRS Platform 2.6.x build is now passing and ready… --- ## [Releasing O3 Ref App 3.0.0-alpha](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/releasing-o3-ref-app-3-0-0-alpha/37757)
**Author:** [@mksd](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mksd)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 6:33am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/releasing-o3-ref-app-3-0-0-alpha/37757 "2023-01-10T06:33:40Z")
@dkayiwa @grace @ibacher as we are heading into an Ozone 1.0.0-alpha release, we will need an O3 Ref App 3.0.0-alpha release. First, here are the good old backend Maven artifacts that need attention: Artefact Snaps… --- ## [Can’t release openconceptlab 2.0.0 module from Bamboo](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/can-t-release-openconceptlab-2-0-0-module-from-bamboo/37823)
**Author:** [@ruhanga](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/ruhanga)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2022, 6:04am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/can-t-release-openconceptlab-2-0-0-module-from-bamboo/37823 "2022-11-03T06:04:24Z")
Continuing discussion from the above post, I cannot release the openconceptlab module because of an incompatibility between java11(probably default for release stage) and one of the plugins the module uses cobertura Se… --- ## [Can't release queue 1.0.0-alpha module from Bamboo](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/cant-release-queue-1-0-0-alpha-module-from-bamboo/37802)
**Author:** [@ruhanga](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/ruhanga)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/cant-release-queue-1-0-0-alpha-module-from-bamboo/37802 "2022-11-02T12:36:23Z")
Continuing conversations from the above post, I cannot release the queue module probably because the related git repo denies push rights to the openmrs-bot/bamboo agent. Could someone assist resolving this blocking cred… --- ## [Platform 2.5.0 Features](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/platform-2-5-0-features/34644)
**Author:** [@tendomart](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/tendomart)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/platform-2-5-0-features/34644 "2021-09-15T20:53:22Z")
Hello community , pray all are well. As we plan to release OpenMRS Platform 2.5.0 by mid of November 2021, below are the features we anticipate to include. Support for Tomcat 8.5+ Making all data collectable enti… --- ## [Creating a new user Acount on mdsBuilder server](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/creating-a-new-user-acount-on-mdsbuilder-server/25044)
**Author:** [@mozzy](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mozzy)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/creating-a-new-user-acount-on-mdsbuilder-server/25044 "2020-09-30T10:37:11Z")
Am folowing this document here , and am supposed to do some work in the mdsBuilder server. I have a valid ssh key and can login in into the serverside. Step 2 requires loging into the server (as a client) via the login… --- ## [Reference Application 2.10-SNAPSHOT ready For User Acceptance Testing](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/reference-application-2-10-snapshot-ready-for-user-acceptance-testing/26693)
**Author:** [@mozzy](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mozzy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/reference-application-2-10-snapshot-ready-for-user-acceptance-testing/26693 "2020-02-28T14:46:58Z")
Hi community , Following the Full release of Platform 2.3 , I also want to announce that Reference application Platform 2.10 ,running on platform 2.3 ,is ready for User Acceptance Testing . Please see our Reff App … --- ## [More Indepth Testing of the Reference Application 2.10 UI](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/more-indepth-testing-of-the-reference-application-2-10-ui/25472)
**Author:** [@mozzy](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mozzy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/more-indepth-testing-of-the-reference-application-2-10-ui/25472 "2019-11-20T16:09:41Z")
Continuing from This Talk Thread , I would first Thank and appreciate @ayesh @herbert24 @irenyak1 for the Great work done so far done , in Testing the reff app2.10 UI. Because of the Bootsrap Intergration In reff App , … --- ## [Reference application 2.10-SNAPHOT UI testing](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/reference-application-2-10-snaphot-ui-testing/25198)
**Author:** [@mozzy](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mozzy)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/reference-application-2-10-snaphot-ui-testing/25198 "2019-11-10T19:22:45Z")
Hi All , as we come closer to having our Alpha-Release for Reff App 2.10 , because of some UI upgrade work that has been done during the previous time , that is Bootstrap project Upgrading to FontAwesome5 We came up … --- ## [How To release a module without SNAPSHOT including coreapps module](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/how-to-release-a-module-without-snapshot-including-coreapps-module/24683)
**Author:** [@johnbosco](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/johnbosco)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2019, 11:05pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/how-to-release-a-module-without-snapshot-including-coreapps-module/24683 "2019-09-12T23:05:05Z")
We made some changes to the coreapps and also created some modules that are specific to our implementation, but when we build the module it comes with the tag SNAPSHOT. How do we build the release version of the module. … --- ## [CI builds failing due to lack of memory space](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ci-builds-failing-due-to-lack-of-memory-space/24538)
**Author:** [@ruhanga](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/ruhanga)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2019, 11:12am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ci-builds-failing-due-to-lack-of-memory-space/24538 "2019-09-01T11:12:29Z")
Hi all, I am releasing the OpenMRS Platform in the alpha version. For the previous 3 days, I have had successful builds. It is today that I am getting problems for the platform builds. I get such error logs as related t… --- ## [Platform 2.2 : A candidate for full release](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/platform-2-2-a-candidate-for-full-release/22388)
**Author:** [@c.antwi](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/c.antwi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/platform-2-2-a-candidate-for-full-release/22388 "2019-03-25T14:42:38Z")
As per the conversations on talk regarding the release of platform 2.2 Are there any objections to pushing platform 2.2 beta to a full release? Please put your comments or objections by Wednesday 20 March 2019. --- ## [Release Notes Need Revamping](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/release-notes-need-revamping/21036)
**Author:** [@samuel34](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/samuel34)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/release-notes-need-revamping/21036 "2018-12-17T22:52:23Z")
Hey all, I’m excited that the community got a new documentation lead @jwnasambu, maybe I should take the advantage of it :smile: Well for release roles, I face issues with the old available docs. These docs are sort o… --- ## [Metadata sharing nolonger on the mdsbuilder](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/metadata-sharing-nolonger-on-the-mdsbuilder/8476)
**Author:** [@taremwatadeo](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/taremwatadeo)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2018, 11:28am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/metadata-sharing-nolonger-on-the-mdsbuilder/8476 "2018-11-28T11:28:10Z")
Basing on the release management guidelines for CIEL Dictionary when i try to follow like below; 2.Update Metadata Sharing packages to the latest versions of CIEL concepts Login to mdsbuilder OpenMRS instance. Go to Ad… --- ## [Bamboo: releasing off non-master branches](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/bamboo-releasing-off-non-master-branches/19600)
**Author:** [@mksd](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mksd)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2018, 1:07pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/bamboo-releasing-off-non-master-branches/19600 "2018-09-09T13:07:20Z")
Hi @cintiadr / all. About this: Any idea if this something that could be looked at in the near future? In the context of Bahmni we would like to make a maintenance release of EMR API 1.24.5. That would be off the 1.… --- ## [Volunteer to be release manager of RefAPP 2.9](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/volunteer-to-be-release-manager-of-refapp-2-9/18883)
**Author:** [@maurya](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/maurya)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 8:27am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/volunteer-to-be-release-manager-of-refapp-2-9/18883 "2018-07-26T08:27:14Z")
Hello OpenMRS Community, We are looking for a Release Manager for OpenMRS Reference Application 2.9, which is scheduled for release in April. Are you aspiring to become a /dev/3, /dev/4, or /dev/5? Being a release mana… --- ## [GSoC any new feature?](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/gsoc-any-new-feature/18632)
**Author:** [@jwnasambu](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/jwnasambu)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/gsoc-any-new-feature/18632 "2018-06-27T07:57:27Z")
I am doing my final perusal to ensure everything is updated before releasing the RefApp 2.8.0 and so I wish to confirm from you if there are some new features you wish to in cooperated in this release from the projects … --- ## [RefApp 2.8.0 volunteers needed](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/refapp-2-8-0-volunteers-needed/18550)
**Author:** [@jwnasambu](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/jwnasambu)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2018, 9:56am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/refapp-2-8-0-volunteers-needed/18550 "2018-06-25T09:56:39Z")
Hello community, I take this opportunity to invite volunteers who wish to participate in ReApp 2.8.0 testing process and give comments in regards to bugs discovered or any other form of feedback. This is the url http… --- ## [Refapp 2.8.0 Release Impediment](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/refapp-2-8-0-release-impediment/18532)
**Author:** [@tendomart](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/tendomart)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2018, 12:04pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/refapp-2-8-0-release-impediment/18532 "2018-06-15T12:04:01Z")
I noticed Reference Application module version at the Issue Tracking Page is still 2.7.0 instead of the expected 2.8.0-SNAPSHOT. Could this be the reason for @jwnasambu 's mvn build failure this is the latest pom.xml … --- ## [Issues in backlog state](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/issues-in-backlog-state/17540)
**Author:** [@jwnasambu](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/jwnasambu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/issues-in-backlog-state/17540 "2018-04-18T12:57:16Z")
Hello all, We have this issues to be reflected in RefApp 2.8.0 but in backlog state. What could be the way forward since we running out of time. https://issues.openmrs.org/browse/RA-1408 ERROR: demo.openmrs.org redirect… --- ## [Issues waiting for development](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/issues-waiting-for-development/17518)
**Author:** [@jwnasambu](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/jwnasambu)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/issues-waiting-for-development/17518 "2018-04-17T14:58:00Z")
Hello Dev’s, before we think of bumping off some tickets from RefApp 2.8.0 to the next version. I wish to give you this opportunity to be part and parcel of the success of this release. There are issues in different s… --- ## [Release assistance for AddOn Manager OWA V.1.00](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/release-assistance-for-addon-manager-owa-v-1-00/17460)
**Author:** [@waweru](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/waweru)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/release-assistance-for-addon-manager-owa-v-1-00/17460 "2018-04-17T04:05:47Z")
@wyclif @raff @darius The Addon manager OWA has been on version 1.00beta2, We would like to release version 1.00. Kindly add me to the openmrs organization on bintray cc @dkayiwa --- ## [RefApp 2.8 release date](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/refapp-2-8-release-date/17430)
**Author:** [@jwnasambu](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/jwnasambu)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/refapp-2-8-release-date/17430 "2018-04-12T12:59:08Z")
Hello all, I’m delighted to let you know that the tentative date for the release of RefApp 2.8.0 is 27th April , 2018. I call upon all of us with issues to be reflected in this release to work hard and finish them on ti… --- ## [Volunteer to be release manager of RefAPP 2.8](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/volunteer-to-be-release-manager-of-refapp-2-8/16432)
**Author:** [@maurya](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/maurya)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/volunteer-to-be-release-manager-of-refapp-2-8/16432 "2018-03-24T17:56:09Z")
Hello OpenMRS Community, We are looking for a Release Manager for OpenMRS Reference Application 2.8, which is scheduled for release in April. Are you aspiring to become a /dev/3, /dev/4, or /dev/5? Being a release mana… [Next page](https://talk.openmrs.org/tag/release-process/285.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=release-process)