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+1. [nginx](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/master/images/nginx)
+
+* Open pull request
+* Merge
+* Wait for [cloud build](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloud-build/builds?project=k8s-staging-ingress-nginx)
+
+1a. Promote images:
+
+Open pull request to promote staging image:
+[add sha - version](https://github.com/kubernetes/k8s.io/blob/main/k8s.gcr.io/images/k8s-staging-ingress-nginx/images.yaml#L1)
+
+The sha is available in output from [cloud build](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloud-build/builds?project=k8s-staging-ingress-nginx)
+
+2. Change to images:
+   
+* [e2e](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/master/images/test-runner)
+
+    * [test-runner](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/master/images/echo)
+    * [echo](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/master/images/echo)
+    * [cfssl](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/master/images/cfssl)
+    * [fastcgi-helloserver](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/master/images/fastcgi-helloserver)
+    * [httpbin](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/master/images/httpbin)
+
+* Open pull request
+* Merge
+* Wait for [cloud build](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloud-build/builds?project=k8s-staging-ingress-nginx)
+
+2a. Promote images:
+
+* Open pull request to promote [staging image](https://github.com/kubernetes/k8s.io/blob/master/k8s.gcr.io/images/k8s-staging-ingress-nginx/images.yaml)
+    * e2e-test-runner
+    * e2e-test-cfssl
+    * e2e-test-echo
+    * e2e-test-fastcgi-helloserver
+    * e2e-test-httpbin
+
+3. Update references to e2e-test-runner image:
+
+* [e2e-image](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/blob/master/test/e2e-image/Dockerfile#L1)
+* [run-in-docker.sh](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/blob/ff60aa9e2b5377db1544091b98f475a90a630297/build/run-in-docker.sh#L37)
+
+4. Prepare for a new release:
+
+* Change [TAG](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/blob/master/TAG#L1)
+* Open pull request
+* Merge
+* [Wait for cloud build](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloud-build/builds?project=k8s-staging-ingress-nginx)
+
+4a. Promote images:
+
+* Open pull request to promote [staging image](https://github.com/kubernetes/k8s.io/blob/master/k8s.gcr.io/images/k8s-staging-ingress-nginx/images.yaml)
+  * controller
+
+5. Release helm chart:
+
+* Open pull request updating [Chart.yaml](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/blob/master/charts/ingress-nginx/Chart.yaml#L3-L4)
+* Merge
+* [New helm chart is available](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/blob/master/.github/workflows/main.yaml#L47-L68)
+
+6. New release:
+
+* Update static scripts:
+    * [generate-deploy-scripts.sh](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/blob/master/hack/generate-deploy-scripts.sh)
+    * Open pull request with the updates
+    * Merge
+
+* Update changelog:
+    * Open pull request updating [Changelog.md](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/blob/master/Changelog.md)
+    * Merge
+
+7. Github release
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