[Release Day] Execute Launch for O3DE 24.09.1

[Ulrick28]

• Confirm the following pre-requisites are complete:

• Contributor Ensure PRs are created for branch merge for 5 Repos and AR validated

  • o3de: (PR here)
  • o3de-extras: (PR here)
  • o3de-multiplayersample: (no changes)
  • o3de-multiplayersample-assets: (no changes)
  • o3de-netsoaktest: (no changes)
  • canonical.o3de.org:

• @Ulrick28 Confirm release branch is stable

• Contributor Click the merge button on the PR (via. GitHub) for all of the following repos:

  • o3de
  • o3de-extras
  • o3de-multiplayersample (no changes)
  • o3de-multiplayersample-assets (no changes)
  • o3de-netsoaktest (no changes)
  • canonical.o3de.org:

Release Tag

• Contributor Create the release tag 24.09.1, and apply it to the following repos:

  • o3de
  • o3de-extras
  • o3de-multiplayersample
  • o3de-multiplayersample-assets
  • o3de-netsoaktest
    Canonical is not tagged

• @amzn-changml Approve publishing canonical to S3

• @amzn-changml Invalidate CDN Cache after the release tag creation

• @amzn-changml Begin work to add LFS binary objects to the artifacts under the new release tag, per the steps documented in this issue:

  • Ensure LFS binary objects are added and tested

Installers

• @Ulrick28 Confirm the following pre-requisites are complete
  • Ensure installers are uploaded to S3 and the engine is set to 2.3.1

Docs Update

• Contributor Confirm the following pre-requisites are complete:

• N/A for this point release Ensure PR is created for applying the generated API reference to the docs site

• Ensure PR is created for bumping the version number in the Linux install instructions

• @Ulrick28 Ensure final release notes are documented, and a PR is created

• Ensure version number updates to o3de.org are staged (Required for Major Releases Only)

Merges

• N/A for this point release Merge PR for applying the generated API reference to the docs site
• N/A for this point release Merge PR for bumping the version number in the Linux install instructions
• N/A for this point release Merge PR for docs from stabilization to main (includes release notes and update to o3de.org download screen version number)
• NA for this point release Re-target open docs PRs against stabilization against development

Website Update for binaries

o3debinaries.org

• @amzn-changml (cc @RoddieKieley) Confirm the following pre-requisite is complete: stage website update
• @amzn-changml Publish version number update to o3debinaries.org

Update Download page O3de.org

• @Naomi-Wash pull information from binaries page

Verification

• @Ulrick28 Confirm the main branch has the latest code on Github
• @amzn-changml Confirm the release tag is applied to main branch
• @Ulrick28 Confirm the mainline build has begun (it should auto-start)
• @amzn-changml Confirm the version number is updated on o3debinaries.org
• @Ulrick28 Confirm the Windows installer is the correct version by downloading it from o3debinaries.org
• Contributor Confirm the Linux debian package is the correct version by downloading it from o3debinaries.org
• @Ulrick28 Confirm the installed Windows editor shows the correct version on the splash screen
• Contributor Confirm the installed Linux editor shows the correct version on the splash screen
• N/A for this point release Confirm the version number is updated on o3de.org downloads page (Required for Major Releases only)
• @Ulrick28 Confirm the release notes are updated