Release Instructions

Release Instructions

Please follow these steps in order to make a release:

1. Ensure that buildbots in the dev branch are green.

2. Increase the version field in setup.py.

3. Update setup.py to include latest host binaries when available for the current sprint (https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-host/releases) and, if needed, update corresponding dotnet version in azure-pipelines.yml.

4. Push the version and host binary updates to the master branch.

5. Verify that the buildbots are still green.

6. Create a git tag on the master branch with the GitHub release note and correspond it to the new version.

7. Make a PyPI release:

   $ rm dist/*
   $ python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
   $ twine upload dist/*

   Twine is a PyPI upload tool that can be installed with pip:

   $ pip install twine

8. NuGet release from Azure DevOps to push the latest Python worker to MyGet.

   • Go to Azure DevOps -> Release -> Latest Master Build -> Deploy (Push to MyGet)

9. Update the Core-Tools. Example PR: https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-core-tools/pull/1640

10. Update the Function Host. Example PR: https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-host/pull/5192