Release 5.3.12

[Eopayemi]

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• For Tyk Members - Added the appropriate release labels (for fixes add the latest release)

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[sharadregoti]

@Eopayemi, please copy the changes suggested by @andyo-tyk on this PR as well.

[sharadregoti]

TODO: Change this before merging.

[letzya]

/writer please review the content of this release notes - is it of a good quality? Is it coherent as it was written by a few people originally?

[tykbot]

Review of Tyk 5.3.12 Release Notes

After reviewing the content of the release notes for Tyk Gateway and Dashboard version 5.3.12, I can provide the following assessment:

Overall Quality

The release notes are well-structured and follow a consistent format that aligns with previous releases. They provide clear information about:

• What the release contains
• Dependencies and compatibility
• Download instructions
• Detailed changelog

Coherence

The content is coherent and professionally written. The Gateway release notes clearly explain that this is a patch release containing a bug fix related to certificate caching in Redis for data plane gateways. The Dashboard release notes appropriately indicate that it's simply a version bump to align with the Gateway release, with no actual changes implemented.

Areas for Improvement

There are a few items that need to be addressed before merging:

1. Release Dates: Both documents use placeholders ("xxx" in Gateway notes and "XXX" in Dashboard notes) that need to be replaced with the actual release date.

2. Compatibility Matrix Consistency: There appears to be some confusion in the PR comments about whether MDCB v2.8.0 or v2.8.1 should be listed in the compatibility matrix. This should be verified for consistency between both documents.

3. Bug Description: The description of the fixed bug is clear, but there was discussion in the PR comments about when the issue was introduced. The text has been correctly updated to indicate it was introduced in Tyk 5.3.10 rather than 5.7.1.

Specific Feedback

The Gateway release notes include three fixed items:

1. Data plane gateways now cache certificates correctly in Redis
2. Fixed stale RPC connections after DNS changes
3. Resolved MDCB policy sync issue caused by RPC timeouts

These are clearly described and provide good context about the problems they solve.

The Dashboard release notes correctly indicate that no changes have been implemented in this release, as it's just a version bump to align with the Gateway.

Conclusion

The release notes are of good quality and coherence. They follow a consistent structure and provide clear information about what's included in the release. Once the placeholder release dates are updated and the compatibility matrices are verified for consistency, the release notes will be ready for publication.

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