Release 7.2.0 - May 2024

[iancha1992]

Status of Bazel 7.2.0

• Expected first release candidate date: 2024-05-15
• Expected release date: 2024-05-22
• List of release blockers

To report a release-blocking bug, please add a comment with the text @bazel-io flag to the issue. A release manager will triage it and add it to the milestone.

Note: the release-7.2.0 branch will be created on March 25th, 2024.

Task list:

• Create release candidate
• Check downstream projects
• Create draft release announcement
• Push the release and notify package maintainers
• Update the documentation
• Update the release page

[iancha1992]

Bazel 7.2.0rc1 is now available for those that want to try it out.

You can download it from here: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/7.2.0rc1
If you're using Bazelisk, you can point to this RC by setting USE_BAZEL_VERSION=7.2.0rc1.

Please test it out and report any issues here as soon as possible.
A draft of the release notes can be found here.

Thanks!