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## Making a new release

Maintainers can create a new release when desired by following a few steps.
Maintainers can create a new release when desired by following these steps.

- Create a new Pull Request that updates the `IMAGE_VERSION` environment
variable in `.env` to the _new_ version number.
- [Draft a new
- [Create a new
release](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/releases/new),
creating a new tag in the format `x.x.x` based on main. Automatically generate
release notes. Prepend a summary of the major changes to the release notes.
- Click 'Publish Release'.
- After images for the new release are built and published, create a new Pull
Request that updates the `IMAGE_VERSION` environment variable in `.env` to the
_new_ version number, and update the `CHANGELOG.md` with the new version
leaving the `Unreleased` section for the next release.
- Create a new Pull Request to update the deployment of the demo in the
[OpenTelemetry Helm
Charts](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-helm-charts) repo.
- After the Helm chart is released, create a new Pull Request which updates the
Demo's Kubernetes manifest by running `make generate-kubernetes-manifests` and
committing the changes.

[docs]: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/demo/

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