WordPress 6.9 Release Retrospective

Congratulations to all who helped make WordPress 6.9 possible!

Now that the release cycle is complete, you’re invited to reflect and share your thoughts on the release cycle, release processes, release squad, or whatever else is on your mind. Feedback loops are critical to learning what works and what doesn’t so that the teams involved can iterate on the processes to improve for future releases. 

Everyone is welcome to submit feedback about the release using this form, even contributors who did not contribute directly to the release itself.

A member of the community that casually observes a release cycle will have very