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+# Release Checklist
+
+<!-- This is an example of an issue used for tracking releases for libraries in a design system -->
+
+**Status:** Unreleased | Prerelease | Stable
+**Preview date:** TODO
+**Target date:** TODO
+**Changelog:**  TODO # Fill out after publishing a version
+
+### Timeline
+
+- Monday
+  - Publish release candidate
+- Tuesday
+- Wednesday
+  - Promote to stable
+- Thursday
+
+### Release checklist
+
+- [ ] Determine scope of changed items (and dependencies)
+- [ ] Verify new behavior
+- [ ] Verify no regressions have occurred
+- [ ] Create release candidate and PR against internal properties
+- [ ] Create stable release and publish to next
+- [ ] Push git tag and create changelog
+- [ ] Switch next tag to latest for changed packages
+
+**Browser support**
+
+- [ ] Chrome
+- [ ] Safari
+- [ ] Firefox
+- [ ] Edge
+- [ ] IE11
+
+**Screen reader support**
+
+- [ ] JAWS
+- [ ] NVDA
+- [ ] VoiceOver on macOS
+- [ ] VoiceOver on iOS
+
+### Smoke tests
+
+<!-- This are often sponsor or internal teams that we lean on for smoke testing the release -->
+
+- [ ] Team A
+- [ ] Team B
+- [ ] Team C