qubes-doc/project-security/canary-checklist.md

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lang: en
layout: doc
permalink: /security/canary/checklist/
redirect_from:
- /security/canaries/checklist/
ref: 216
title: Qubes Canary Checklist
---

## Preparation

* Draft canary and push to private repository
* Finalize canary, sign, and add signed tags

## Announcement

* Push canary to public repository
* Publish a [news post](/news/) using the [Canary
  Template](/security/canaries/template/)
* Send the content of the news post to the appropriate [mailing
  lists](/support/)
* Share link to news post on social media
* Set a reminder for the next canary
Create canary checklist 2019-02-21 21:49:30 -05:00			`---`
Add lang + ref tags to frontmatter Those are fields used by the language switcher to correlate pages across different languages, even if they have different names/paths/titles. They are generated with the prepare_for_translation.py script. 2021-03-13 13:06:18 -05:00			`lang: en`
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Reorganize project security pages - Redirect to templates in qubes-secpack - Standardize titles and URLs 2021-06-22 00:36:06 -04:00			`permalink: /security/canary/checklist/`
			`redirect_from:`
			`- /security/canaries/checklist/`
Add lang + ref tags to frontmatter Those are fields used by the language switcher to correlate pages across different languages, even if they have different names/paths/titles. They are generated with the prepare_for_translation.py script. 2021-03-13 13:06:18 -05:00			`ref: 216`
Reorganize project security pages - Redirect to templates in qubes-secpack - Standardize titles and URLs 2021-06-22 00:36:06 -04:00			`title: Qubes Canary Checklist`
Create canary checklist 2019-02-21 21:49:30 -05:00			`---`

Markdown formatting fixes - mark all code blocks with ``` - unify empty lines between sections - adjust list syntax (no space before dash) - adjust headers to use Atx-style syntax - remove trailing spaces 2021-03-13 12:03:23 -05:00			`## Preparation`
Create canary checklist 2019-02-21 21:49:30 -05:00
Markdown formatting fixes - mark all code blocks with ``` - unify empty lines between sections - adjust list syntax (no space before dash) - adjust headers to use Atx-style syntax - remove trailing spaces 2021-03-13 12:03:23 -05:00			`* Draft canary and push to private repository`
			`* Finalize canary, sign, and add signed tags`
Create canary checklist 2019-02-21 21:49:30 -05:00
Markdown formatting fixes - mark all code blocks with ``` - unify empty lines between sections - adjust list syntax (no space before dash) - adjust headers to use Atx-style syntax - remove trailing spaces 2021-03-13 12:03:23 -05:00			`## Announcement`
Create canary checklist 2019-02-21 21:49:30 -05:00
Markdown formatting fixes - mark all code blocks with ``` - unify empty lines between sections - adjust list syntax (no space before dash) - adjust headers to use Atx-style syntax - remove trailing spaces 2021-03-13 12:03:23 -05:00			`* Push canary to public repository`
Wrap text and miscellaneous cleanup 2021-06-18 09:25:06 -04:00			`* Publish a [news post](/news/) using the [Canary`
			`Template](/security/canaries/template/)`
			`* Send the content of the news post to the appropriate [mailing`
			`lists](/support/)`
Markdown formatting fixes - mark all code blocks with ``` - unify empty lines between sections - adjust list syntax (no space before dash) - adjust headers to use Atx-style syntax - remove trailing spaces 2021-03-13 12:03:23 -05:00			`* Share link to news post on social media`
			`* Set a reminder for the next canary`