Point Release 1.10.2605

Schedule

• MM/DD/YYYY - Release Candidate 1 (begin Ask Mode[^1] for release branch).
  • At this point, cherry-picked changes must be approved by @microsoft/hlsl-release
• MM/DD/YYYY - Final Release Candidate
• 08/12/2026 - Target Release Date

Tasks

Before Build

This part of the release process is to 'prime the pump'—that is, to make sure
that all the various parts of the engineering system are set into place so that
we are confident we can generate builds for the new branch

• Internal branches and build pipelines configured
  • Verify that the engineering system can build:
  • Zip files for github release
  • NuGet package
  • VPack
• Final merge of main into the release branch

After Build

• Update README.md if necessary

Quality Sign Off

• Microsoft Testing Sign-off (@damyanp)
• SPIRV Testing Sign-off

Release

• Tag final release and post binaries

[^1]: Ask Mode
is a Microsoft-ism to denote when changes require approval before accepting
merges. For DXC this will require approval from @microsoft/hlsl-release

Start with the release checklist and README.md, then review the release branch, build pipelines, and the required GitHub release outputs: zip files, NuGet, and VPack. The release is done when testing sign-offs are recorded, the final tag is created, and the binaries are posted.