2026-04-20 BTR Meeting notes

Follow-up from 04/06/2026

Verawood roles

All roles were confirmed filled by the end of the 04/06 meeting. Quick check:

• Group chair: @Maria Grimaldi

• Release manager: @Farhaan Bukhsh

• Release testing coordinator: @María de los Ángeles Aguilar

• Product liaison: @Chelsea Rathbun

• Security patcher: Jawad Khan

• Bug triagers: @Mariagabriela Giorgianni @Bryann Valderrama @Kevyn Suarez @Deimer Morales

Testathon @ 2026 Open edX Con

Chelsea was going to ask Sarina on 04/08 about:

• A room or birds-of-a-feather slot

• How to advertise it in the conference app

What did Sarina say? Do we have a day, format, or space confirmed?

Also pending confirmation: virtual testathon in May 5, 2026

Point releases

Raised on slack: new ulmo release to include security patches! When will this happen?

Release planning overview

Summary of the April 16th Named Release Planning meeting for those who weren't there:

What’s done

• LTI long-term tool reusability discovery

• Course library import UI

• Notifications phase 2 configuration enhancements

• PDF xblock

• Python 3.12

• Tags support complex metadata

• Phase 2 AI extensions framework

• XQueue replacement (delivered; docs have until June)

• Copyright acceptance agreement (confirmed done)

• RBAC (studio roles) milestone 0

What's at risk / in flight

• LTI block copy paste (potential blocker): Jenna would hold the release for it. Testing was happening after 04/16 - need outcome.

• RBAC milestone 1 (studio roles parity, on track): One story blocked (Kira AI not cleared) but can ship without it via compatibility layer.

• RBAC milestone 2 (studio admin console, potential blocker): 3 backend endpoints in review blocking frontend PRs. Testing has to follow immediately after merge. Jenna would hold the release for this.

• Aside documentation (not a code cut blocker): Docs deadline is June 23rd. Peter Pinch is working on it.

• MFE conversion - instructor dashboard (yellow, not a blocker): May not have an optional install ready in time.

• Frontend base libraries (in development): No blocker signal.

Release readiness check

Soft touchpoint - we still have a few days before the cut. The goal is to surface anything that needs attention now.

The two items to watch:

1. LTI block copy paste - pending testing result

2. RBAC milestone 2 - pending PRs review + testing

If either looks risky, the question is: what do we need to unblock it before Thursday?

Wednesday (04/22): async go/no-go check in Slack - this is the hard decision point before the Thursday cut. By then RBAC milestone 2 testing should have results and we'll know the LTI status.