Upstream gitlab and github repositories have websites and APIs that we can access to monitor new releases. For example, vllm has

https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/releases

and

https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/tags

We should be able to monitor these and create tickets when new releases are available.

Some additional thoughts: We should be able to automate this. For example, we should be able to monitor vllm to see that a new release or version tag has been created. We need to think about where to run this script.

We also need to think about the viability of building -rc candidates – in the past there have been cases across many projects where early -rc candidates have not built. There is a risk/reward in building the early -rc candidates.