RC 0.36.0 Release & Version Bump to 0.40.0-SNAPSHOT

[KofTwentyTwo]

Summary

Today we released RC 0.36.0 for the QQQ framework and bumped all repos to 0.40.0-SNAPSHOT for the next development cycle.

RC Release Artifacts

Repo	RC Version	Registry	Status
qqq	0.36.0-RC.1	Maven Central	Published
qqq-frontend-core	0.36.0-RC.2	npm (@qrunio/qqq-frontend-core)	Published
qqq-frontend-material-dashboard	0.36.0-RC.1	Maven Central	Published

New SNAPSHOT Versions

All repos bumped to 0.40.0-SNAPSHOT on develop:

Core Repos

Repo	New Version
qqq	0.40.0-SNAPSHOT
qqq-frontend-core	0.40.1-SNAPSHOT
qqq-frontend-material-dashboard	0.40.0-SNAPSHOT

QBits Updated to 0.40.0-SNAPSHOT

• qbit-bom
• qbit-customizable-table-views
• qbit-easypost-tracking
• qbit-quick-search
• qbit-standard-process-trace
• qbit-webhooks
• qbit-template-application
• qbit-template-data
• qbit-template-extension
• qbit-worm-audit

qqq-orb Updates

New version: kingsrook/qqq-orb@0.5.3

All projects should update their .circleci/config.yml to use the latest orb:

orbs:
  qqq-orb: kingsrook/qqq-orb@0.5.3

Fixes in v0.5.3

1. npm prerelease tags - Added script for automatic tag detection (rc, snapshot, latest)
2. GitHub release for RCs - Fixed to skip GitHub releases for RC builds (only release on main)

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Release Process Reminder

Creating an RC Release

1. Create release branch from develop:

   git checkout develop && git pull
   git checkout -b release/X.Y.Z
   git push -u origin release/X.Y.Z

2. CI automatically handles versioning - The orb converts X.Y.Z-SNAPSHOT to X.Y.Z-RC.1 (increments on subsequent pushes)

3. Order matters - Release upstream repos first:

   • qqq (Maven) → wait for publish
   • qqq-frontend-core (npm) → wait for publish
   • qqq-frontend-material-dashboard (both) → update deps to RC versions first

Bumping to Next SNAPSHOT

After creating RC branches, bump develop to next version:

1. Maven repos - Edit pom.xml:

   <revision>X.Y.Z-SNAPSHOT</revision>

2. npm repos - Edit package.json:

   "version": "X.Y.Z-SNAPSHOT"

3. Downstream repos - Update dependency versions to match new SNAPSHOTs

4. QBits - Update qqq-bom-pom or qqq.version to new SNAPSHOT

Final Release (from RC)

When RC is validated:

1. Merge release/X.Y.Z → main
2. Tag with vX.Y.Z
3. CI creates GitHub Release and publishes final artifacts
4. Merge main → develop to sync