Checklist

• [ ] Lockfiles updated

uvx pixi-to-conda-lock pixi.lock --output condaEnvs

• [ ] Changelog build and edited if necessary

pixi r -e dev towncrier build --draft --version=2.8.0 --date "$(date +%Y-%m-%d)"

• [ ] Ensure the versions are set consistently

  • [ ] eon server

  • [ ] eonclient C++ build

• [ ] Generate release notes, and also the publication page, e.g. see releases/v2.8.0

To generate the archive since auto-generated archives of tags have security issues..

git archive --format=tar v2.9.0 | xz -9 > eon-v2.9.0.tar.xz

Paper related tags do not need full release machinery, just a lightweight tag:

git tag -a arXiv_2510.06030v3 45c077cb
# feat(arxiv): descriptive
#
# more details including the arxiv link