[v0.6.0] Release Tracker

[metascroy]

The v0.6.0 release will be cut from the "release/0.6" branch for critical fixes to the v0.6.0 release.

Branch Cut Date: 3/24/2025 3/26/2025 at 6pm PT 3/27/2025
Release branch finalized, documentation and tutorials finalized: 4/17/2025
Intended Release Date: 4/24/2025

This issue is for tracking cherry-picks to the release branch.

Cherry-Pick Criteria

Focus on stability and documentation correctness. Ideally only low risk changes may be cherry-picked from main:

1. Critical fixes in core components: build, exir, backends, runtime, sdk
2. Bug fixes in demos/examples. No new features/experiments
3. Critical bug fixes based on community feedback
4. Documentation improvements
5. Test/CI fixes
6. Release branch specific changes (e.g. change version identifiers)
   Any core components changes and other change will require special dispensation from the release manager (currently @metascroy). If this applies to your change please write "Special Dispensation" in the "Criteria Category:" template below and explain.

Cherry-Pick Process

1. Ensure your PR has landed in master. This does not apply for release-branch specific changes (see Phase 1 criteria).

2. Create (but do not land) a PR against the release branch.
   Option 1: Use pytorchbot to cherry pick a PR that has been committed to the main branch using @pytorchbot cherry-pick command as follows.

   @pytorchbot cherry-pick --onto release/0.6 -c {regression,critical,fixnewfeature,docs,release}
   

   usage: @pytorchbot cherry-pick --onto ONTO [--fixes FIXES] -c
                            {regression,critical,fixnewfeature,docs,release}
   
   Cherry pick a pull request onto a release branch for inclusion in a release
   
   optional arguments:
     --onto ONTO           Branch you would like to cherry pick onto (Example: release/0.4)
     --fixes FIXES         Link to the issue that your PR fixes (i.e. https://github.com/pytorch/executorch/issues/2345)
     -c {regression,critical,fixnewfeature,docs,release}
                     A machine-friendly classification of the cherry-pick reason.
                     
   

   Option 2: Manually create a cherry pick PR using git command as follows.

   # Find the hash of the commit you want to cherry pick
   # (for example, abcdef12345)
   git log
   
   git fetch origin release/0.6
   git checkout release/0.6
   git cherry-pick -x abcdef12345
   
   # Submit a PR based against 'release/0.6' either:
   # via the GitHub UI
   git push my-fork
   
   # via the GitHub CLI
   gh pr create --base release/0.6
   
   

3. Make a request below with the following format:

Link to landed trunk PR:
* 

Link to release branch PR:
* 

Criteria category and reasons:
* 

1. Someone from the release team will reply with approved / denied or ask for more information.
2. If approved, someone from the release team will merge your PR once the tests pass. Do not land the release branch PR yourself.

If someone from the release team has taken action on your cherry pick, its comment below will be liked. If the cherry pick has merged, a rocket icon will be added to the comment.

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Versions

0.6.0

[metascroy]

As an FYI, the branch cut date has been updated from 3/24 to 3/26.

[metascroy]

As an FYI, the branch cut is delayed until the morning of 3/27/2025.

[metascroy]

The release/0.6 branch has been cut: https://github.com/pytorch/executorch/tree/release/0.6

[shoumikhin]

Link to landed trunk PR:
#9704

Link to release branch PR:
#9722

Criteria category and reasons:
Removing unused code from OSS

[larryliu0820]

Link to landed trunk PR:
#9732

Link to release branch PR:
#9750

Criteria category and reasons:
Fix CMake compatibility issues

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• Try upgrading to CoreML Tools 8.2 #9799

Link to release branch PR:

• Try upgrading to CoreML Tools 8.2 #9807

Criteria Category:
Critical -

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• [Bug Fix] Fix padding when running in NHWC #9729

Link to release branch PR:

• [Bug Fix] Fix padding when running in NHWC #9816

Criteria Category:
Critical -

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• Fix link in using-executorch-building-from-source.md #9756

Link to release branch PR:

• Fix link in using-executorch-building-from-source.md #9859

Criteria Category:
Docs -

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• Improve android related docs #9725

Link to release branch PR:

• Improve android related docs #9860

Criteria Category:
Docs -

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• Update android docs #9788

Link to release branch PR:

• Update android docs #9861

Criteria Category:
Docs -

[Jack-Khuu]

Link to landed trunk PR:

• [Easy] Fix list numbering typo #9936

Link to release branch PR:

• TBD

Criteria category and reasons:

• docs

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• Change training pybind extension_module linkage to static #9809

Link to release branch PR:

• Change training pybind extension_module linkage to static #9961

Criteria Category:
Fixnewfeature - #9576

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• Add code structure and a few other links to CONTRIBUTING.md #9793

Link to release branch PR:

• Add code structure and a few other links to CONTRIBUTING.md #9962

Criteria Category:
Docs -

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• Minor fixes on Intro How It Works #9939

Link to release branch PR:

• Minor fixes on Intro How It Works #9963

Criteria Category:
Docs -

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• Getting Started, compare against reference eager model for verification in pybind #9978

Link to release branch PR:

• Getting Started, compare against reference eager model for verification in pybind #9981

Criteria Category:
Docs -

[metascroy]

Link to landed trunk PR:

• [Easy] Fix list numbering typo #9936

Link to release branch PR:

• TBD

Criteria category and reasons:

• docs

@Jack-Khuu can you put up a cherry pick PR?

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• Fix LLM getting-started.md #10028

Link to release branch PR:

• Fix LLM getting-started.md #10041

Criteria Category:
Docs -

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• Add python version in building from source page #9975

Link to release branch PR:

• Add python version in building from source page #10058

Criteria Category:
Docs -

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• Add examples for CPP demo app #10022

Link to release branch PR:

• Add examples for CPP demo app #10059

Criteria Category:
Docs -

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• Add link to executorch-examples in module/c++ doc #10026

Link to release branch PR:

• Add link to executorch-examples in module/c++ doc #10068

Criteria Category:
Docs -

[shoumikhin]

Link to landed trunk PR:
N/A

Link to release branch PR:
#10070

Criteria category and reasons:
Docs

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• Update kernels readme #10067

Link to release branch PR:

• Update kernels readme #10072

Criteria Category:
Docs -

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• Llama exported model from executorch-community #10064

Link to release branch PR:

• Llama exported model from executorch-community #10077

Criteria Category:
Docs -

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• [arm][ez] Add xfail for norm tests #10043

Link to release branch PR:

• [arm][ez] Add xfail for norm tests #10078

Criteria Category:
Critical -

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• llama doc update #10082

Link to release branch PR:

• llama doc update #10083

Criteria Category:
Docs -

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• Update using-executorch-android.md #10084

Link to release branch PR:

• Update using-executorch-android.md #10085

Criteria Category:
Docs -

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• Update LlamaDemo AAR build docs #10086

Link to release branch PR:

• Update LlamaDemo AAR build docs #10087

Criteria Category:
Docs -

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• [Doc] Update getting-started-architecture.md #10027

Link to release branch PR:

• [Doc] Update getting-started-architecture.md #10091

Criteria Category:
Docs -

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• New Contributor Guide documentation for newcomers to ExecuTorch or open-source #9977

Link to release branch PR:

• New Contributor Guide documentation for newcomers to ExecuTorch or open-source #10110

Criteria Category:
Docs -

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• Remove partitioner/quantizer discussion from readme and link to docs #10033

Link to release branch PR:

• Remove partitioner/quantizer discussion from readme and link to docs #10112

Criteria Category:
Docs -

[pytorchbot]

Link to landed trunk PR (if applicable):

• Corrected New Contributor Guide PR merging details #10101

Link to release branch PR:

• Corrected New Contributor Guide PR merging details #10118

Criteria Category:
Docs -