Story

As a developer, I want a clear understanding of the cherry picking process during code freeze so I can ensure my fixes are delivered to the right release

Background

This has been a common theme from release to release, where there is a lack of understanding on when to cherry pick.  The risk here is that fixes will be overlooked and will miss getting into our deliverables. 

Dependencies and Blockers

QE impacted work

Documentation impacted work

Acceptance Criteria

process documentation updates

• What issues should be cherry picked?  Critical/High fixes, customer impact
• What is approval process and who should be involved?
• Should the cherry picked PR be posted on Slack or is that an escalation route?
• Should plugins be cherry picked?

optional slack bot reminders during code freeze with the link to process