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+### FreqUI release
+
+If FreqUI has been updated substantially, make sure to create a release before merging the release branch.
+Make sure that freqUI CI on the release is finished and passed before merging the release.
+
 ### Create github release / tag
 
 Once the PR against stable is merged (best right after merging):