Create a project release

POST/api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_slug}/projects/{project_id}/releases/

Creates a new release scoped to the project. project is set from the URL and any project value in the request body is ignored. name must be unique within the workspace, otherwise a 400 RELEASE_NAME_ALREADY_EXISTS error is returned. If tag is provided, it must reference a global release tag or a tag belonging to this project, otherwise a 400 {"tag": "RELEASE_TAG_OUT_OF_SCOPE"} error is returned.

Path Parameters

workspace_slug:requiredstring

The workspace_slug represents the unique workspace identifier for a workspace in Plane. It can be found in the URL. For example, in the URL https://app.plane.so/my-team/projects/, the workspace slug is my-team.

project_id:requiredstring

The unique identifier of the project.

Body Parameters

name:requiredstring

Name of the release.

description_html:optionalstring

HTML description of the release.

description_json:optionalobject

JSON description of the release.

status:optionalstring

Status of the release. Can be: unreleased, released, cancelled. Defaults to unreleased.

target_date:optionalstring

Target date of the release in YYYY-MM-DD format.

release_date:optionalstring

Actual release date of the release in YYYY-MM-DD format.

lead:optionalstring

ID of the user who leads the release.

tag:optionalstring

ID of the release tag associated with the release.

is_latest:optionalboolean

Whether this is the latest release. Defaults to false.

is_prerelease:optionalboolean

Whether this release is a prerelease. Defaults to false.

external_id:optionalstring

External ID from an external source.

external_source:optionalstring

External source identifier.

Scopes

releases:write

Create a project release

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.plane.so/api/v1/workspaces/my-workspace/projects/project-uuid/releases/" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $PLANE_API_KEY" \
  # Or use -H "Authorization: Bearer $PLANE_OAUTH_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "name": "v2.4.0",
  "description_html": "<p>Spring feature release.</p>",
  "status": "unreleased",
  "target_date": "2025-03-31",
  "lead": "16c61a3a-512a-48ac-b0be-b6b46fe6f430",
  "tag": "9f8e7d6c-5b4a-3210-fedc-ba0987654321",
  "is_latest": false,
  "is_prerelease": false
}'

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.plane.so/api/v1/workspaces/my-workspace/projects/project-uuid/releases/",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "your-api-key"},
    json={
  'name': 'v2.4.0',
  'description_html': '<p>Spring feature release.</p>',
  'status': 'unreleased',
  'target_date': '2025-03-31',
  'lead': '16c61a3a-512a-48ac-b0be-b6b46fe6f430',
  'tag': '9f8e7d6c-5b4a-3210-fedc-ba0987654321',
  'is_latest': False,
  'is_prerelease': False
}
)
print(response.json())

const response = await fetch(
  "https://api.plane.so/api/v1/workspaces/my-workspace/projects/project-uuid/releases/",
  {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      "X-API-Key": "your-api-key",
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      name: "v2.4.0",
      description_html: "<p>Spring feature release.</p>",
      status: "unreleased",
      target_date: "2025-03-31",
      lead: "16c61a3a-512a-48ac-b0be-b6b46fe6f430",
      tag: "9f8e7d6c-5b4a-3210-fedc-ba0987654321",
      is_latest: false,
      is_prerelease: false,
    }),
  },
);
const data = await response.json();

Response201

{
  "id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
  "created_at": "2025-03-01T10:00:00.000000Z",
  "updated_at": "2025-03-05T14:30:00.000000Z",
  "deleted_at": null,
  "name": "v2.4.0",
  "description": {
    "description_html": "<p>Spring feature release.</p>",
    "description_binary": null,
    "description_stripped": "Spring feature release.",
    "description_json": {}
  },
  "status": "unreleased",
  "target_date": "2025-03-31",
  "release_date": null,
  "is_latest": false,
  "is_prerelease": false,
  "external_id": null,
  "external_source": null,
  "created_by": "16c61a3a-512a-48ac-b0be-b6b46fe6f430",
  "updated_by": "16c61a3a-512a-48ac-b0be-b6b46fe6f430",
  "workspace": "cd4ab5a2-1a5f-4516-a6c6-8da1a9fa5be4",
  "lead": "16c61a3a-512a-48ac-b0be-b6b46fe6f430",
  "tag": "9f8e7d6c-5b4a-3210-fedc-ba0987654321",
  "project": "8b2e1c4d-6f3a-4d5e-9c1b-2a3b4c5d6e7f"
}