WooCommerce Release Monitoring

After the release, the release lead should continue to monitor the following for any bugs directly related to the latest version. Monitoring should continue for 3 days after a major release and 1 day for a point release.

If there are questions whether a specific issue is critical enough to warrant a new point release, please start a discussion in the #woo-core-releases Slack channel.

WordPress.org Forums

Check newly created threads on the WordPress.org Forums for any issues that appear to be caused by the latest update.

WooCommerce GitHub Repository Issues

Watch the Newest Created Issues and verify that none are critical.

Handling Critical Issues

If monitoring uncovers a bug that cannot wait for the next scheduled release, plan a point release. Before doing so, confirm that the issue:

1. Impacts core store functionality (e.g., checkout, orders, taxes).
2. Affects a significant number of sites or stems from a widely-used extension or theme.
3. Lacks a reasonable workaround that merchants can apply themselves.

If these conditions are met, follow the Point Releases guide to create a tracking issue, prepare the fix, and ship the patch.