NatLabRockies / NatLabRockies/OpenStudio
Release Checklist v3.11.0
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Since Oct 2, 2025.
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Description
Updated release date for OpenStudio is 1/16/26 (have not updated table below - David G)
| Code Freeze | Release Candidates | Release | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EnergyPlus | |||
| EnergyPlus 25.2.0 | 10/31/25 | 11/4/25 | 11/14/25 |
| OpenStudio | |||
| OpenStudio Standards Gem | 10/31/25 | 11/14/25 | 12/5/25 |
| OpenStudio Extension Gem | 10/17/25 | 10/24/25 | 12/12/25 |
| openstudio-measure-tester-gem | 10/17/25 | 10/24/25 | 12/12/25 |
| openstudio-workflow_gem | 10/17/25 | 10/24/25 | 12/12/25 |
| openstudio-bcl_gem | 10/17/25 | 10/24/25 | 12/12/25 |
| OpenStudio SDK v3.11.0 | 10/24/25 | 10/31/25 | 12/19/25 |
| OpenStudio Server v3.11.0 | 10/31/25 | 11/7/25 | 12/26/25 |
| openstudio-analysis_gem | 10/31/25 | 11/7/25 | 12/26/25 |
| openstudio-aws_gem | 10/31/25 | 11/7/25 | 12/26/25 |
| some urbanopt gems | na | na | na |
| OpenStudio PAT v3.11.0 | 11/7/25 | 11/14/25 | 12/30/25 |
| Measure Gems | |||
| Comstock Measures | na | na | na |
| openstudio-model-articulation-gem | 10/31/25 | 11/7/25 | 12/26/25 |
| openstudio-aedg-gem | 10/31/25 | 11/7/25 | 12/26/25 |
| openstudio-load-flexibility-measures-gem | 10/31/25 | 11/7/25 | 12/26/25 |
| openstudio-ee-gem | 10/31/25 | 11/7/25 | 12/26/25 |
| openstudio-common-measures-gem | 10/31/25 | 11/7/25 | 12/26/25 |
| openstudio-calibration-gem | 10/31/25 | 11/7/25 | 12/26/25 |
| Other Measure Repositories | 10/31/25 | 11/7/25 | 12/26/25 |
| BESTEST-GSR | 10/31/25 | 11/7/25 | 12/26/25 |
OS SDK v3.10.0 Checklist
- Any work related to Spawn needed in 3.11, Kyle
- Release extension gem (0.9.4)?, Katherine
- Release measure tester gem (0.5.1)?, Katherine
- bcl gem (0.9.2)? Katherine
- Release analysis gem (1.5.3)?, Brian
- (No Update Needed) [ ] Release aws gem (0.X.X), Brian
- Release required URBANopt gems used for OSAF (0.X.X), Katherine
- Update to latest TBD gem (?.?.?), Alex (https://rubygems.org/gems/tbd)
- Double check gem files for correct versions of standards and workflow gems, Alex
- Build openstudio-gems tar.gz for develop and upload to s3., Alex
- Update to EnergyPlus 25.2, Joe
- Update resources and library files (if needed), Julien
- Run Regression Tests, Julien
- 3.11.0 critical tagged issues fixed
- TODO
- add critical and blocker items from Project board
- Look at open OpenStudio PRs
- Create Ubuntu 2004, Ubuntu 2204, Darwin, and Windows untested build zips and upload to S3 (in future support Centos9)
- Run BEST tests with new installer, David
- Sanity test install packages on clean VMs with default OS installations, Alex
- Run Standards Tests with new installer, Matt
- Run hpxml tests with new installer, Scott
- Run resstock tests with new installer, Joe
- Close items needed for 3.11.0 on measure gems project, David (https://github.com/orgs/NREL/projects/25/views/1?layout=board)
- Run Measure tests with new installer, David, Matt
- https://github.com/NREL/ComStock/tree/main/resources/measures (not gem), Matt
- openstudio-model-articulation-gem
- openstudio-aedg-gem
- openstudio-load-flexibility-measures
- openstudio-common-measures-gem
- openstudio-calibration-gem
- openstudio-ee-gem
- Test osw2osa with new measures
- Release OpenStudio Measures, Katherine, Matt (Comstock only)
- Run UrbanOpt example project with new installer, Alex
- Create Carrier 64/32 bit Nuget package and upload to nuget.org, Julien (Now with cmake build)
- Test server changes with build zips, Alex
- Create Release Notes. API changes (if needed), David
- Gather key new features from team for release notes,
- populate change log sections (use script to support this)
- Update name from OpenStudio_Release_Notes_3_11_0_TBD to YYYYMMDD, Alex
- Make PDF copy of md once finalized
- Update content from Release Notes to GitHub Release page, Alex
- Update SDK docs (if needed), Alex
- Update OpenStudio-SDK-Version-Compatibility-Matrix on wiki, Julien
- Release server (merge to master) Alex
- Build Server packages, post on S3, Alex - Windows, Alex - Mac
- Update the server SHA in PAT, Alex
- PAT installer, Alex
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