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Releasing software
A release is a repeatable plan that is used to drive deployments.
Managing a release
Use the release details page to view details about a specific release.

Releasing software
A release is a repeatable plan that is used to drive deployments.
- Managing a release
  Use the release details page to view details about a specific release.
- Managing releases
  Release management is the process of planning, scheduling, and controlling software deliveries.
- Creating releases
- Archiving releases
  You can archive a release to remove it from the list of releases.
- Events and tags
  An event represents a release-related activity that you manage with the calendar. A tag is a label that you can add to a release or an event. You can use tags to filter the Activities list on the Releases page. Tags do not appear on the calendar.
- Restoring archived releases, plans, and templates
  You can restore archived releases, deployment plans, and templates.
- Deployment plans
  A deployment plan is a container for tasks. Tasks define the activities that your team runs to complete a software deployment.
- Running deployments
  Complete deployments by resolving the tasks in a deployment plan.
- Tasks
  A task represents a business-meaningful activity that is associated with a software deployment. Each task is defined on a separate row in a deployment plan. During a deployment, you run tasks defined in the deployment plan to complete the deployment.
- Properties
  A deployment plan can contain user-defined properties. Properties values can be defined at design- or run-time.

Managing a release

Use the release details page to view details about a specific release.

This page contains the calendar and list of tasks. When viewing tasks you can select to view only your tasks or all tasks.

You can also use this page to access and work with release templates.

Use this page to view and work with archived releases removed from the calendar and list of tasks.

When you access a release from the Releases page, you can create a deployment plan and display overview details about the release, such as the deployment plans associated with the release with related details. From the Overview section of the Releases page, you can view the following release details for specific releases:

Plans displays the plans associated with the release and task status, team, and date that the task is scheduled. You can access additional details for specific plans.
Task progress displays the associated tasks that are not completed and contains information such as type of task, task owner, start and end time, duration, and task dependencies.
Release stories displays a list of Jira® issues associated with the release.
Approvals list the approvals with the status of the approval and approver.
Change requests displays a list of ServiceNow™ change requests.

The Properties section displays properties defined in the plan and property value.