2025-05-19 BTR Meeting notes

Last Meeting
Follow Up

• Sumac.3 release status: Sumac.3 has been tagged. Some GitHub API throttling issues affected the branch renaming process. Farhaan and Adolfo attempted it and will retry soon (after teak cut).

• Plan and prepare for next testathon (May 27)

• Product priorities to new issues: mostly all of the reported issues have been prioritized

• Debugging team coordination: 4 Teak reports need triaging, 3 of them are high priority

• New milestones (e.g., "Maintenance Teak.1") were created for easier navigation. “Help Wanted” labels were added to encourage community contributions.

Teak

1. teak.1 ~ Jun 9, 2025

   • Release blockers

     • Build-Test-Release Working Group • openedx

2. Build-Test-Release Working Group • openedx

3. Process overview

   • Testing process - Antonella Perrupato @Andrés González

     • Ongoing work

     • Red flags, risks, and concerns

     • Call for help

   • New features testing - @Chelsea Rathbun

     • Ongoing work

     • Red flags, risks, and concerns

     • Call for help

   • Release management - @Farhaan Bukhsh

     • Ongoing work

     • Red flags, risks, and concerns

     • Call for help

   • Release documentation - @Chris Patti

     • Ongoing work

     • Red flags, risks, and concerns

     • Call for help

   • Debugging - @Mariagabriela Giorgianni @Bryann Valderrama Kevyn Suárez @Maria Grimaldi

     • Ongoing work

     • Release blockers

     • Call for help

🧪 Testing Process

• Progress: Testing is ~80% complete. A new testathon is scheduled for May 27 (10:00–11:30 EDT).

• Suggestions Sheet:

  • Community members are actively contributing.

  • Antonella is looking into whether new tabs can be restricted and whether filters can be locked to prevent view disruptions.

• Known Issue: In-context metrics disappear when the sandbox is wiped. The root cause is a missing step in the reset process. Documentation for this is needed.

🚨 Release Blockers

• Currently three known release blockers:

  • Two related to Forum (no new updates; Maria will follow up with relevant teams).

  • One related to new units/components (PR exists, but unclear if tested/deployed in sandbox; Maria to investigate).

📄 Release Documentation

• Major blockers around flag/setting generation were resolved with help from Sarina.

• Maria will check in with Chris to confirm if he needs support.

🌱 Community Engagement

• The Western Governors University team (approx. 6–10 members) is getting involved in bug triaging and working on issues.

• Help Wanted labels are visible, and Maria will consider posting a list of high-priority issues to Discuss or Slack.