Release of `v23.0.1`

[mattlord]

Note

This release is scheduled for Wed 4 Feb 2026.
Release team: @vitessio/release

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Prerequisites (~2 weeks before)

• General prerequisites.
  • Be part of the Release team in the vitessio GitHub organization, here.
  • Be an admin of the planetscale/vitess-operator repository.
  • Have access to Vitess' Java repository and have it working locally, guide here.
  • Have vitessio/vitess and planetscale/vitess-operator cloned in the same parent directory.
• Notify the community on Slack.
• Make sure the release notes summary is prepared and clean.
• Make sure important Pull Requests are merged, list below.
  • [release-23.0] CI: Look for expected log message rather than code in Backup tests (#19199) #19201
  • [release-23.0] Update go-upgrade to update docker image digests (#19178) #19189
  • [release-23.0] Fix sporadic TestServingKeyspaces panic on context cancellation (#19163) #19187
  • switch end-to-end tests to gotestsum #19182
  • Fix minor upgrade logic in go upgrade tool  #19176
  • vtorc: add StaleTopoPrimary analysis and recovery #19173
  • Remove examples directory from dependabot config and add one missing SHA #19158
  • vtgate: defer implicit transaction start until after query planning #19277
  • [release-23.0] Consolidate CI test workflows (#19259) #19273
  • [release-23.0] Build bootstrap image locally in ci (#19255) #19266
  • [release-23.0] Fix some linting issues (#19246) #19248
  • [release-23.0] Fix DROP CONSTRAINT to work the same way as MySQL (#19183) #19241
• Make sure release blocker items are closed, list below.

Code Freeze (~1-3 days before)

• Code Freeze.
  • [release-23.0] Code Freeze for v23.0.1 #19285
• Create new GitHub Milestone.
  • https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/milestone/98

Pre-Release (~1-3 days before)

• Create Release PR. _{^{(We do this earlier to catch any issues in the tool and let CI run.)}}
  • [release-23.0] Release of v23.0.1 #19286
• Update Cobra Docs.

Release (Wed 4 Feb)

• Merge the Release PR.
  • [release-23.0] Release of v23.0.1 #19286
• Tag the release.
  • https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v23.0.1
• Update release notes on main.
  • [main] Copy v23.0.1 release notes #19287
• Go back to dev mode on the release branch.
  • [release-23.0] Bump to v23.0.2-SNAPSHOT after the v23.0.1 release #19288
• Update the website documentation.
• Make sure the release is benchmarked by arewefastyet.
• Docker Images available on DockerHub.
• Close current GitHub Milestone.
  • https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/milestone/94
• Check that release artifacts were generated.

Post-Release (Wed 4 Feb)

• Notify the community on Slack for the new release.
• Twitter announcement.
• Remove bypass branch protection rules, if required.
• Close this Issue.

[mattlord]

Release completed.