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Deployments
- Some notes about the deployment windows
- It is good to ask for a little more time than what you think you'll need to do all of the deployment and testing; you never know what issues will come up and slow you down.
- Generally, we have found one hour windows to be a good size for most things.
- Deployment windows are 'pinned' to the time in San Francisco and thus the UTC time will change due to the United States observance of Daylight Savings Time as appropriate.
- SWAT deploys happen twice daily (8am and 4pm Pacific) and are for pushing out simple, quick, and low risk changes (as assessed by you, members of the SWAT team, and the Release Manager).
For detailed instructions on how to actually deploy code to the Wikimedia servers, see How to deploy code.
This page tracks planned deployments of software to the Wikimedia Foundation servers that host the various Wikimedia project wikis (Wikipedias, Wiktionaries, Wikiversities, Wikimedia Commons, etc.).
- Cadence
- The Wikimedia Foundation currently follows a one-week deploy cadence. This means that there is one week between updates to any one Wikimedia project site wiki (excluding urgent fixes, of course).
- Scheduling
- To schedule a deploy window, or if you see a potential conflict with your upcoming deployment, please e-mail Greg Grossmeier.
- Inclusion criteria
- See the list at Inclusion criteria for the kinds of changes that require scheduling here.
- Communicating
- Every major or new feature deployment should be announced on the Wikimedia blog and/or Tech News (use the "user-notice" tag on Phabricator) and/or global on-wiki delivery. For routine and maintenance deployments, listing your change here is enough.
- Changes that are liable to affect site performance or infrastructure should be announced on the ops mailing list. This includes anything that alters caching behavior, introduces cookies, substantially increases the static asset payload, or adds new and complicated query patterns.
Near-term
Week of December 7th
- Week of:
- Move Catalan and Hebrew Wikipedias to "group1" (ie: Wednesday) deploy group - https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/253371/ - task T115002
- By day
Time | Component | Deployer | Changes | ||||||
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Monday, December 07 | |||||||||
– UTC # – PST |
Deploy Kartotherian & Tilerator service | yurik | gerrit:257300, gerrit:257301 | ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
Morning SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Brad (anomie), Chad (ostriches), Tyler (thcipriani), Mark (marktraceur), or Alex (Krenair) | tto
Dereckson
Bernd & Michael (bearND, mdholloway)
| ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
Services – Parsoid / OCG / Citoid / Mobileapps / … | Gabriel (gwicke), C.Scott (cscott), Arlo (arlolra), Subbu (subbu), Bernd (bearND) and Michael (mdholloway) | See mw:Parsoid/Deployments, OCG/Deployments, Mobileapps deployments | ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
Discovery | Erik B (ebernhardson), Julien (jgirault) | Portal | ||||||
Tuesday, December 08 | |||||||||
– UTC # (Mon) – PST |
Evening SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Roan (RoanKattouw), Chad (ostriches), or Alex (Krenair) | Roan (RoanKattouw)
aude
Brandon Black (bblack)
Krinkle
jdlrobson
| ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
Morning SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Brad (anomie), Chad (ostriches), Tyler (thcipriani), Mark (marktraceur), or Alex (Krenair) | Kartik Mistry (kart_)
jzerebecki
Andrew Green (AndyRussG)
Dereckson
Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
| ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
Labs ldap maintenance window |
Andrew Bogott (andrewbogott), Moritz (moritzm) | Replacement of opendj with openldap. Possible labs and wikitech outages | ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
Puppet SWAT (Max 8 patches) Dependent on LDAP migration window completion |
Fillipo (godog), RobH (robh) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
| ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
MediaWiki train | Tyler (thcipriani) | 1.27 schedule
| ||||||
Wednesday, December 09 | |||||||||
– UTC # (Tue) – PST |
Evening SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Roan (RoanKattouw), Chad (ostriches), or Alex (Krenair) | yurik, jgirault
ebernhardson
Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
| ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
Morning SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Brad (anomie), Chad (ostriches), Tyler (thcipriani), Mark (marktraceur), or Alex (Krenair) | yurik, jgirault
James_F
jzerebecki
ebernhardson
Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
| ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
MediaWiki train | Tyler (thcipriani) | 1.27 schedule
| ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
Services – Parsoid / OCG / Citoid / Mobileapps / … | Gabriel (gwicke), C.Scott (cscott), Arlo (arlolra), Subbu (subbu), Bernd (bearND) and Michael (mdholloway) | See mw:Parsoid/Deployments, OCG/Deployments, Mobileapps deployments | ||||||
Thursday, December 10 | |||||||||
– UTC # (Wed) – PST |
Evening SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Roan (RoanKattouw), Chad (ostriches), or Alex (Krenair) | Krinkle
legoktm
Roan (RoanKattouw)
jdlrobson
Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
| ||||||
– UTC # (Wed) – PST |
Phabricator update | Mukunda (twentyafterfour) | HOLD: Window to update phabricator.wikimedia.org | ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
Morning SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Brad (anomie), Chad (ostriches), Tyler (thcipriani), or Mark (marktraceur) | Luke081515 (Luke081515)
Bernd, Michael (bearND, mdholloway)
Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
| ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
Puppet SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Filippo (godog), Rob (robh) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
| ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
MediaWiki train | Tyler (thcipriani) | 1.27 schedule
| ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
Surprise SWAT (per Greg) |
Roan (RoanKattouw) | csteipp
Roan (RoanKattouw)
legoktm
James_F
| ||||||
Friday, December 11 | |||||||||
– UTC # (Thu) – PST |
Evening SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Roan (RoanKattouw), Chad (ostriches), or Alex (Krenair) | Erik B (ebernhardson)
jdlrobson
yurik
Julien (jgirault)
Krinkle
|
Week of December 14th
- Week of:
- nothing yet
- By day
Time | Component | Deployer | Changes | ||||||
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Monday, December 14 | |||||||||
– UTC # – PST |
Morning SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Brad (anomie), Chad (ostriches), Tyler (thcipriani), Mark (marktraceur), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
| ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
Services – Parsoid / OCG / Citoid / Mobileapps / … | Gabriel (gwicke), C.Scott (cscott), Arlo (arlolra), Subbu (subbu), Bernd (bearND) and Michael (mdholloway) | See mw:Parsoid/Deployments, OCG/Deployments, Mobileapps deployments | ||||||
Tuesday, December 15 | |||||||||
– UTC # (Mon) – PST |
Evening SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Roan (RoanKattouw), Chad (ostriches), or Alex (Krenair) | aude
Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
| ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
Content Translation server service-runner migration |
Kartik Mistry (kart_), Alex Kosiaris (akosiaris), Marko (mobrovac) | Kartik Mistry (kart_)
| ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
Morning SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Brad (anomie), Chad (ostriches), Tyler (thcipriani), Mark (marktraceur), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
| ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
MediaWiki train | Mukunda (twentyafterfour) | 1.27 schedule
| ||||||
Wednesday, December 16 | |||||||||
– UTC # (Tue) – PST |
Evening SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Roan (RoanKattouw), Chad (ostriches), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
| ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
Morning SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Brad (anomie), Chad (ostriches), Tyler (thcipriani), Mark (marktraceur), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
| ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
MediaWiki train | Mukunda (twentyafterfour) | 1.27 schedule
| ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
Services – Parsoid / OCG / Citoid / Mobileapps / … | Gabriel (gwicke), C.Scott (cscott), Arlo (arlolra), Subbu (subbu), Bernd (bearND) and Michael (mdholloway) | See mw:Parsoid/Deployments, OCG/Deployments, Mobileapps deployments | ||||||
Thursday, December 17 | |||||||||
– UTC # (Wed) – PST |
Evening SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Roan (RoanKattouw), Chad (ostriches), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
| ||||||
– UTC # (Wed) – PST |
Phabricator update | Mukunda (twentyafterfour) | HOLD: Window to update phabricator.wikimedia.org | ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
Morning SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Brad (anomie), Chad (ostriches), Tyler (thcipriani), or Mark (marktraceur) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
| ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
Puppet SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Giuseppe (_joe_), Moritz (moritzm) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
| ||||||
– UTC # – PST |
MediaWiki train | Mukunda (twentyafterfour) | 1.27 schedule
| ||||||
Friday, December 18 | |||||||||
– UTC # (Thu) – PST |
Evening SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Roan (RoanKattouw), Chad (ostriches), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
Week of December 21st
- No normal deploys
- High Priority SWATs only
- "High Priority" means security and data loss. Anything else needs prior approval from at least Katie (K4-713) or Chad Horohoe (ostriches).
- Short week because of Christmas on Friday (aka Thursday == "No deploys Friday")
- By day
Time | Component | Deployer | Changes |
---|---|---|---|
Monday, December 21 | |||
– UTC # – PST |
Morning SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Brad (anomie), Chad (ostriches), Tyler (thcipriani), Mark (marktraceur), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
Tuesday, December 22 | |||
– UTC # (Mon) – PST |
Evening SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Roan (RoanKattouw), Chad (ostriches), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
– UTC # – PST |
Morning SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Brad (anomie), Chad (ostriches), Tyler (thcipriani), Mark (marktraceur), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
– UTC # – PST |
Puppet SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Andrew Bogott (andrewbogott), Alexandros (akosiaris) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
Wednesday, December 23 | |||
– UTC # (Tue) – PST |
Evening SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Roan (RoanKattouw), Chad (ostriches), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
– UTC # – PST |
Puppet SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Andrew Bogott (andrewbogott), Alexandros (akosiaris) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
Thursday, December 24 | |||
– UTC # (Wed) – PST |
Evening SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Roan (RoanKattouw), Chad (ostriches), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
Week of December 28th
- No normal deploys
- High Priority SWATs only
- "High Priority" means security and data loss. Anything else needs prior approval from at least Katie (K4-713) or Chad Horohoe (ostriches).
- Short week because of New Years Day on Friday (aka Thursday == "No deploys Friday")
- By day
Time | Component | Deployer | Changes |
---|---|---|---|
Monday, December 28 | |||
– UTC # – PST |
Morning SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Brad (anomie), Chad (ostriches), Tyler (thcipriani), Mark (marktraceur), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
Tuesday, December 29 | |||
– UTC # (Mon) – PST |
Evening SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Roan (RoanKattouw), Chad (ostriches), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
– UTC # – PST |
Morning SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Brad (anomie), Chad (ostriches), Tyler (thcipriani), Mark (marktraceur), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
– UTC # – PST |
Puppet SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Andrew Bogott (andrewbogott), Alexandros (akosiaris) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
Wednesday, December 30 | |||
– UTC # (Tue) – PST |
Evening SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Roan (RoanKattouw), Chad (ostriches), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
– UTC # – PST |
Puppet SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Andrew Bogott (andrewbogott), Alexandros (akosiaris) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
Thursday, December 31 | |||
– UTC # (Wed) – PST |
Evening SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Roan (RoanKattouw), Chad (ostriches), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
Week of January 4th
- No normal deploys
- High Priority SWATs only
- "High Priority" means security and data loss. Anything else needs prior approval from Greg (greg-g).
- By day
Time | Component | Deployer | Changes |
---|---|---|---|
Monday, January 04 | |||
– UTC # – PST |
Morning SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Brad (anomie), Chad (ostriches), Tyler (thcipriani), Mark (marktraceur), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
Tuesday, January 05 | |||
– UTC # (Mon) – PST |
Evening SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Roan (RoanKattouw), Chad (ostriches), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
– UTC # – PST |
Morning SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Brad (anomie), Chad (ostriches), Tyler (thcipriani), Mark (marktraceur), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
– UTC # – PST |
Puppet SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Andrew Bogott (andrewbogott), Alexandros (akosiaris) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
Wednesday, January 06 | |||
– UTC # (Tue) – PST |
Evening SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Roan (RoanKattouw), Chad (ostriches), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
– UTC # – PST |
Puppet SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Andrew Bogott (andrewbogott), Alexandros (akosiaris) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
Thursday, January 07 | |||
– UTC # (Wed) – PST |
Evening SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Roan (RoanKattouw), Chad (ostriches), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
– UTC # – PST |
Puppet SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Andrew Bogott (andrewbogott), Alexandros (akosiaris) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
Friday, January 08 | |||
– UTC # (Thu) – PST |
Evening SWAT (Max 8 patches) |
Roan (RoanKattouw), Chad (ostriches), or Alex (Krenair) | Requesting Developer (irc-nickname)
|
Upcoming
End of year/beginning of new year 'code freezes'
"High Priority" means security and data loss. Anything else needs prior approval from at least Greg.
- Week of Nov 23rd: No normal deploys - high priority SWATs only (pre-approval from Greg needed) (Why: Thanksgiving)
- Week of Nov 30th: No normal deploys - high priority SWATs only (pre-approval from Greg and/or Katie needed) (Why: First of Dec Fundraising)
- Week of Dec 7th: Normal deploy week
- Week of Dec 14th: Normal deploy week
- Week of Dec 21st: No normal deploys - high priority SWATs only (and only on Monday and Tuesday) (pre-approval from Greg and/or Katie needed) (Why: End of year Fundraising)
- Week of Dec 28th: No normal deploys - high priority SWATs only (pre-approval from Greg and/or Katie needed) (Why: End of year Fundraising)
- Week of Jan 4th: No normal deploys - high priority SWATs only (pre-approval from Greg needed) (Why: DevSummit16 and WMF All Hands)
- Week of Jan 11th: Resume normal deploy schedule
Long term callouts
Scheduled
- December 15: Enable Wikidata data access on Meta-Wiki. (23:00 UTC) phab:T117524
Not scheduled yet
- Re-enable VisualEditor by default for all logged-out users of the English Wikipedia - phab:T90663
- Clean up skin user preferences in user_properties table on Wikimedia wikis – phab:T54778, use WikimediaMaintenance's
cleanupSkinPrefs
- Deploy Sentry (JavaScript error logging) to production, configured to log only UploadWizard - phab:T91649
- Scrap VisualEditor providing its own edit tab, instead provide only one with switching, and memory of which editor the user used last – phab:T102398
- Enable Wikibase usage tracking + arbitrary access, in staged roll out to clients. phab:T49930
- deploy to arbitrary access to commons, as well as Wikibooks and Wikinews when they get data access.
Deployment trains
Recently completed
For older deployments, please see the /Archive.