Hello Zephyr developers,

The first release candidate for Zephyr 3.2.0 has been tagged: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/releases/tag/v3.2.0-rc1

The merge window is officially closed, and the project is now in the stabilization phase until the final release, scheduled for September 30. Until then, only bug-fix, documentation and stabilization patches will be merged, and any new feature will require TSC approval.

Please focus development efforts on fixing existing bugs and testing the current RC on supported platforms and real hardware and report or fix any issue you may encounter.

Full release calendar:
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/wiki/Release-Management

Release process:
https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/project/release_process.html

Thanks everyone,
Fabio & Mahesh