2.32.0 will be the next 'major', following 2.31 on [2026-02-19](https://www.pantsbuild.org/blog/2026/02/19/pants-2-31) 2.31 branched in [2026-W05](https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/commit/08ac6ae2ae06d9274f4d60c5aed285095046a20d). - [x] Create Milestone - [ ] Bug Triage! - [ ] Prepare Release Notes - [ ] Blog Post - [ ] Additional RCs as needed; nudge testing in productive testing; various applications of human judgement under conditions of uncertainty. - [ ] Actually do the release! - [ ] Update Example Repos - [ ] Update schema store (https://www.pantsbuild.org/prerelease/docs/contributions/releases/release-process#step-5-publish-a-schema-in-json-schema-store) - [ ] Ensure there's a "2.33.0 release management issue" like this one, for the next release
2.32.0 will be the next 'major', following 2.31 on 2026-02-19
2.31 branched in 2026-W05.