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+---
+name: Release
+about:
+  A template to outline the steps needed to for a successful release of our frontend apps
+title: 'Release [add dapp version]-core-[add core version]'
+labels: 
+assignees: ''
+---
+
+### Tasks
+
+- [ ] Review [link to core release](xxx) 
+- [ ] Tag frontend-monorepo
+- [ ] Create release and generate release notes
+- [ ] Run `@smoke` tests
+- [ ] Run `@regression` tests
+- [ ] Run `@slow` tests
+- [ ] Explorative testing of key flows
+- [ ] Set `release/[network]` to tagged commit
+- [ ] Verify builds (on Netlify and Fleek) are successful
+- [ ] Verify build has been deployed
+- [ ] Smoke testing on deployed app