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+name: Minor release tracking issue
+title: Prepare for v<release-tag>
+---
+
+Please see this documentation for more details baout release process: https://github.com/metal3-io/metal3-docs/blob/main/processes/releasing.md
+
+
+**Note**:
+* The following is based on the v1.7 minor release. Modify according to the tracked minor release.
+
+## Tasks
+
+* [ ] Add/edit JJBs to acommodate new build jobs and PR jobs for new release branches. [Prior art](https://gerrit.nordix.org/c/infra/cicd/+/20875)
+* [ ] Add Prow jobs for new release branches in Project-infra repo [Prior art](https://github.com/metal3-io/project-infra/pull/697)
+* [ ] Prepare dev-env to acommodate release-1.7 related changes and configurations [Prior art](https://github.com/metal3-io/metal3-dev-env/pull/1381)
+* [ ] Update Metal3 book. [Prior art](https://github.com/metal3-io/metal3-docs/pull/413)
+* [ ] Release Ironic v24.1.1, also check new image is created in quay. [Prior art](https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-image/releases/tag/v24.1.1)
+* [ ] Pin Ironic in BMO and release BMO v0.6.0, also check new image is created in quay. [Prior art](https://github.com/metal3-io/baremetal-operator/pull/1679)
+* [ ] Release IPAM v1.7.0 (Branch out, add branch protection and required tests, also check new image is created in quay).
+* [ ] Bump IPAM and BMO in CAPM3[Prior art](https://github.com/metal3-io/cluster-api-provider-metal3/pull/1605)
+* [ ] Release CAPM3 v1.7.0 (Branch out, add branch protection and required tests, also check new image is created in quay).
+* [ ] Check CI if new releases are tested properly or not
+* [ ] Update CAPM3,IPAM and BMO README with the new e2e triggers. [Prior art][CAPM3](https://github.com/metal3-io/cluster-api-provider-metal3/pull/1618), [IPAM](https://github.com/metal3-io/ip-address-manager/pull/504),[BMO](https://github.com/metal3-io/baremetal-operator/pull/1694)
+* [ ] Announce the releases