[UPDATE] 1.19 Code Freeze & Few PRs Merging

[Taylor Dolezal]

Hello team,

Today marks code freeze (starting end of the day, Pacific time) and we see lots of PRs in Tide (see the following issue):

https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/92937

TL;DR

Usually, Tide experiences this situation before Code Freeze, increasing the underlying flakiness as we /retest away.

SIGs do NOT have to have items merged before code freeze. The code only needs to be approved/reviewed.

Reminders

Remember that items can still merge after Code Freeze! (https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/blob/master/releases/release_phases.md#code-freeze)

Code Freeze means we will be inspecting PRs more closely as to what we allow to get merged. Bug fixes, test fixes/improvements, release-blocking PRs all are fair game. 

Anything else, you need to have filed an Exception request (https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/blob/master/releases/release_phases.md#exceptions and https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/blob/master/releases/EXCEPTIONS.md)

Please reach out to us if you have any further questions!

Wishing  you a very merry code freeze,

Taylor Dolezal

1.19 Release Lead