0.70 Release Status

[chiaramooney]

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Checklist

Before Preview

• [x] Draft GitHub release notes from commit log (chiaramooney)
• [x] Promote canary build to preview using wiki instructions (chiaramooney)
• [x] Push build to stable branch (chiaramooney)
  • [x] Enable CI schedule for new branch of CI pipeline
  • [x] Update dashboard @ms with an entry for CI ${version}
  • [x] Add release schedule for the new stable branch of publish pipline
  • [x] Update dashboard @microsoft with an entry for Publish ${version}
• [x] Update GitHub release notes to use manually curated notes instead of a changelog (chiaramooney)
• [x] Post release notes internally (chiaramooney)

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After Preview

• [x] Move most issues targeting current release (chrisglein)
• [x] Test updated gallery app using wiki instructions (@chiaramooney)
• [x] Check CI Runs for Upgrading Sample Apps (@jonthysell )
• [x] Snap Hermes-Windows release (@mganandraj)
• [x] Do a pass on API Docs using wiki instructions (@chiaramooney)
• [x] Integrate any applicable patch/prerelease releases for React Native (@chiaramooney )

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Before Release

• [x] Ensure doc issues are addressed (chiaramooney)
• [x] Promote latest build to legacy using wiki instructions (chiaramooney)

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Release

• [x] Update preview release notes with any changes from cherry-picked PRs (chiaramooney)
• [ ] Update samples (@TatianaKapos)
• [x] Update React Native Gallery and Publish (chiaramooney)
• [x] Promote preview build to latest using wiki instructions (chiaramooney)
• [x] Update GitHub release notes to use manually curated notes instead of a changelog (chiaramooney)
• [x] Update website (chiaramooney)
• [x] Send out internal release announcement (chiaramooney)
• [x] Update CI to use /apiVersion 0.XX (chiaramooney) -- After Website Updated
• [ ] Ensure Accessibility is tested through updated Gallery (@AgneLukoseviciute)

[chrisglein]

First preview is up! https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-windows/releases/tag/react-native-windows_v0.70.0-preview.1

[chrisglein]

@TatianaKapos Samples all updated? @AgneLukoseviciute We can check off the item for the accessibility pass, yes? @chiaramooney Given that, we cleared to close this issue?