Release Tag

The Release Tag feature in the Developer Hub allows you to provide a detailed description of the updates you make to an app. This helps developers, team members, and users uniquely identify a specific app version, so they know which version of the app they are working with.

You can easily add information, in the Release Notes section, about the changes, updates, or enhancements made to the app. Thus, simplifying the tracking of changes.

Release Tag is linked to a particular version of the app, which can be published publicly to the audience.

Let’s see how to navigate through the Developer Hub interface to create a Release Tag for your release.

Login to your Contentstack account and follow the steps given below:

1. Click the Developer Hub icon on the left navigation panel.
2. You will be navigated to the apps dashboard page where you will see all apps created so far. Select the desired app to create a Release Tag.
3. By default, the app's Basic Information page will open.
4. On the app's page, click the Version Control tab from the left navigation panel.
5. On the top left corner, you will see the Release Tag tab.
6. Click + New Release Tag to create a new release tag for an app version.

To view complete details of all the versions, follow the steps below:

1. On the app's page, click the Version Control tab from the left navigation panel.
2. On the top left corner, you will see the Versions tab.
3. You will see the list of all the versions created for the app in a tabular format. You will be presented with different columns, with relative information as follows:
   1. Version: Displays the version number.
   2. Release Tag: Displays the release tag number created for the version.
   3. Created By: Displays the name of the creator.
   4. Created At: Displays the date and time of creation.
   5. Actions: On clicking the three dots, you will see two options:
      1. View: To view the version details.
      2. Create Release Tag: To create a new release tag.
4. In the Actions column, for each version, there is a more option icon. Click it.

   You will be presented with two options: View and Create Release Tag.

5. When you click on View, you'll be directed to the Basic Information page with options as discussed above.
6. From here, you can restore the app to this version by clicking the Restore This Version button. Clicking Restore This Version will update the app with the latest changes and save the changes into a new version.
7. If you click the Create Release Tag option, the New Release Tag modal will open. To learn more about Release Tag, refer to this guide.