From 2e92ed0647287af030f369de30a8fd12ec7fda63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Hrubec <nico.hrubec@sentry.io>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:50:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: Add RELEASE.md to document release process

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+# Release Process
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+1. Open a PR to update the changelog on `main`
+2. After the changelog PR is merged, go to the **Actions** tab and manually trigger the **"Prepare Release"** workflow, entering the version you want to release
+3. After the workflow completes, go to [getsentry/publish](https://github.com/getsentry/publish), find the corresponding issue created by the workflow, and add the `accepted` label to finalize the release