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+# Release Checklist
+
+## 1. Version bump PR
+
+Create a PR in the MongoDB connector repository with these changes:
+
+- update the `version` property in `Cargo.toml` (in the workspace root only). For example, `version = "1.5.0"`
+- update `CHANGELOG.md`, add a heading under `## [Unreleased]` with the new version number and date. For example, `## [1.5.0] - 2024-12-05`
+- update `Cargo.lock` by running `cargo build`
+
+## 2. Tag
+
+After the above PR is merged to `main` tag that commit. For example,
+
+```sh
+$ git tag v1.5.0
+$ git push --tags
+```
+
+## 3. Publish release on Github
+
+Pushing the tag should trigger a Github action that automatically creates
+a draft release in the Github project with a changelog and binaries. (Released
+docker images are pushed directly to the ghcr.io registry)
+
+Edit the draft release, and click "Publish release"
+
+## 4. CLI Plugins Index PR
+
+Create a PR on https://github.com/hasura/cli-plugins-index with a title like
+"Release MongoDB version 1.5.0"
+
+This PR requires URLs and hashes for the CLI plugin for each supported platform.
+Hashes are listed in the `sha256sum` asset on the Github release.
+
+Create a new file called `plugins/ndc-mongodb/<version>/manifest.yaml`. The
+plugin version number is the same as the connector version. For example,
+`plugins/ndc-mongodb/v1.5.0/manifest.yaml`. Include URLs to binaries from the
+Github release with matching hashes. 
+
+Here is an example of what the new file should look like,
+
+```yaml
+name: ndc-mongodb
+version: "v1.5.0"
+shortDescription: "CLI plugin for Hasura ndc-mongodb"
+homepage: https://hasura.io/connectors/mongodb
+platforms:
+  - selector: darwin-arm64
+    uri: "https://github.com/hasura/ndc-mongodb/releases/download/v1.5.0/mongodb-cli-plugin-aarch64-apple-darwin"
+    sha256: "449c75337cd5030074a2adc4fd4e85a677454867dd462827d894a907e6fe2031"
+    bin: "hasura-ndc-mongodb"
+    files:
+      - from: "./mongodb-cli-plugin-aarch64-apple-darwin"
+        to: "hasura-ndc-mongodb"
+  - selector: linux-arm64
+    uri: "https://github.com/hasura/ndc-mongodb/releases/download/v1.5.0/mongodb-cli-plugin-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl"
+    sha256: "719f8c26237f7af7e7827d8f58a7142b79aa00a96d7be5d9e178898a20cbcb7c"
+    bin: "hasura-ndc-mongodb"
+    files:
+      - from: "./mongodb-cli-plugin-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl"
+        to: "hasura-ndc-mongodb"
+  - selector: darwin-amd64
+    uri: "https://github.com/hasura/ndc-mongodb/releases/download/v1.5.0/mongodb-cli-plugin-x86_64-apple-darwin"
+    sha256: "4cea92e4dee32c604baa7f9829152b755edcdb8160f39cf699f3cb5a62d3dc50"
+    bin: "hasura-ndc-mongodb"
+    files:
+      - from: "./mongodb-cli-plugin-x86_64-apple-darwin"
+        to: "hasura-ndc-mongodb"
+  - selector: windows-amd64
+    uri: "https://github.com/hasura/ndc-mongodb/releases/download/v1.5.0/mongodb-cli-plugin-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.exe"
+    sha256: "a7d1117cdd6e792673946e342292e525d50a18cc833c3150190afeedd06e9538"
+    bin: "hasura-ndc-mongodb.exe"
+    files:
+      - from: "./mongodb-cli-plugin-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.exe"
+        to: "hasura-ndc-mongodb.exe"
+  - selector: linux-amd64
+    uri: "https://github.com/hasura/ndc-mongodb/releases/download/v1.5.0/mongodb-cli-plugin-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl"
+    sha256: "c1019d5c3dc4c4f1e39f683b590dbee3ec34929e99c97b303c6d312285a316c1"
+    bin: "hasura-ndc-mongodb"
+    files:
+      - from: "./mongodb-cli-plugin-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl"
+        to: "hasura-ndc-mongodb"
+```
+
+Values that should change for each release are,
+
+- `.version`
+- `.platforms.[].uri`
+- `.platforms.[].sha256`
+
+## 5. NDC Hub PR
+
+Create a PR on https://github.com/hasura/ndc-hub with a title like "Release
+MongoDB version 1.5.0"
+
+### Update registry metadata
+
+Edit `registry/hasura/mongodb/metadata.json`
+
+- change `.overview.latest_version` to the new version, for example `v1.5.0`
+- prepend an entry to the list in `.source_code.version` with a value like this:
+
+```json
+{
+  "tag": "<version>",
+  "hash": "<hash of tagged commit>",
+  "is_verified": true
+},
+```
+
+For example,
+
+```json
+{
+  "tag": "v1.5.0",
+  "hash": "b95da1815a9b686e517aa78f677752e36e0bfda0",
+  "is_verified": true
+},
+```
+
+### Add connector packaging info
+
+Create a new file with a name of the form,
+`registry/hasura/mongodb/releases/<version>/connector-packaging.json`. For
+example, `registry/hasura/mongodb/releases/v1.5.0/connector-packaging.json`
+
+The content should have this format,
+
+```json
+{
+  "version": "<version>",
+  "uri": "https://github.com/hasura/ndc-mongodb/releases/download/<version>/connector-definition.tgz",
+  "checksum": {
+    "type": "sha256",
+    "value": "<content hash of connectior-definition.tgz>"
+  },
+  "source": {
+    "hash": "<hash of tagged commit>"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+The content hash for `connector-definition.tgz` is found in the `sha256sum` file
+on the Github release.
+
+The commit hash is the same as in the previous step.
+
+For example,
+
+```json
+{
+  "version": "v1.5.0",
+  "uri": "https://github.com/hasura/ndc-mongodb/releases/download/v1.5.0/connector-definition.tgz",
+  "checksum": {
+    "type": "sha256",
+    "value": "7821513fcdc1a2689a546f20a18cdc2cce9fe218dc8506adc86eb6a2a3b256a9"
+  },
+  "source": {
+    "hash": "b95da1815a9b686e517aa78f677752e36e0bfda0"
+  }
+}
+```