# Release checklist

> List of actions to perform before issuing a new js-ipfs release

- Robustness and quality
  - [ ] Ensure that all tests are passing, this includes:
    - [ ] unit
    - [ ] interop
    - [ ] sharness
  - [ ] Run tests of the following projects with the new release:
    - [ ] orbitdb
    - [ ] orbit-core
    - [ ] ipfs-log
- Documentation
  - [ ] Ensure that README.md is up to date
  - [ ] Ensure that all the examples run
- Communication
  - [ ] Create the release issue
  - [ ] Announcements (both pre-release and post-release)
    - [ ] Twitter
    - [ ] IRC
    - [ ] Reddit
  - [ ] Blog post
