Prerequisites

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💡 Summary

This epic focuses on creating a comprehensive release checklist for v1.0. The checklist will serve as a guide for the Goggles team to ensure that all necessary steps are completed before the release.

Pens Down on Baseline Changes: May 1, 2026
Tentative Release Date: July 13, 2026 (Subject to Change)

DEVELOPMENT TEAM:

• Additional Google Services Policy (Max) Consider adding control about disabling additional Google services #748
  • New policies created
  • Code changes made
• Make all Classroom Policies SHOULD
  • Policy changes made
  • Code changes made
• New Google Meet Policies for new AI Notetaker Sharing Settings Implement new Google Meet policies - GWS.MEET.7.1 and GWS.MEET.7.2 #926
  • New policies created
  • Code changes made
• Remove Meet 5.1 (confirming with Mary) Remove Meet policy 5.1  #878
  • Policy removed
  • Code changes made
• Remove Drive_Doc 5.1 Remove Drive policy 5.1 #877
  • Remove policy
  • Code changes made
• Google Next Features (confirming with Mary)
• Drive_Docs 1.3 Policy Implementation Change Policy Change for Drive_Docs 1.3 #847
• Modify demo video Update video to support ScubaGoogles installation and first reports walkthrough #582
• Determine if the AI Agent (Workspace Studio) needs to be baseline/baseline policy (Discuss with Team and Google Team)
• Chat Policy 5.1 (confirming with Mary)
• Common Controls log based checks have API support, corresponding Git issues are being tracked for implementation
• Gmail policies the log based checks have API support, corresponding Git issues are being tracked for implementation
• Release Notes
• Version Upgrade
• Sample Report for all baselines
• Testing - functional (confirming automated python testing with Obed and Mitchel) Python Unit Testing for GWS #330
• Update the README should include SCuBAConnect
• Update PyPI downloads (published library)
• Making sure every policy is v1

PMSS TEAM:

• Coordinate with Directives team on changes to BOD pages
• Pre-stage BOD IG page with any edits or changes the need to be updated from the latest release
• Pre-stage BOD splash page
• Pre-stage SCB policies on the GWS pages
• Coordinate SCuBA releasing to GovDelivery
• Post to Slack channel and community connect
• Publish GovDelivery email
• Publish GitHub repository updates
• Send Web Publishing links to updated baseline Drupal pages for publishing
• Send Web Publishing links to updated BOD Drupal pages for publishing
• Publish social media
• Share consolidated change document in Teams chat (GWS)
• Google Blog Post
• PMSS CISA announcement
• Coordinate with Directives for awareness and questions
• Inform leadership with the expected SCB update release date
• Develop release shared folder and draft accompanying material (Slack channel, community connect, GovDelivery email, social media, blog post, etc. ) for SCB Update Release (Link folder)
• Submit consolidated change document and associated release materials (i.e. GovDelivery, social media, blog posts, etc.) for comms approval
• Set final deployment date for SCB public release
• v1.0 Baseline Consolidated Change Document
• Implementation Guide (if just the readme then this is done by SCuBA team, clarification needed)
• On-boarding Document
• BOD Pages Update via Directives
• Update Drupal site (with policies that were updated to the BOD)
• SCB comms approval (List release name and version number)
• Review release shared folder content

Motivation and context

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Implementation notes

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Acceptance criteria

1. A draft of the release checklist is created and reviewed by the team.