+ Enable **Exclusive** checkbox for the submit button to override any
+ existing persmissions. Code-Review and Verify permissions are only needed
+ during version bumping. **DO NOT** enable it during code freeze.
+
+ #. Merge all patches generated by the job
+
+ #. Restore Gerrit permissions for *Registered Users* and disable elevated
+ *Release Engineering Team* permissions
+ **(Helpdesk)**
+
+- Tag the release
+ **(Release Engineering Team)**
+
+ #. Install lftools
+
+ lftools contains the version bumping scripts we need to version bump
+ and tag the dev branches. We recommend using a virtualenv for this.
+
+ .. code-block:: bash
+
+ # Skip mkvirtualenv if you already have an lftools virtualenv
+ mkvirtualenv lftools
+ workon lftools
+ pip install --upgrade lftools
+
+ #. Pull latest autorelease repository
+
+ .. code-block:: bash
+
+ export RELEASE=Nitrogen-SR1
+ export STREAM=${RELEASE//-*}
+ export BRANCH=origin/stable/${STREAM,,}
+
+ # No need to clean if you have already done it.
+ git clone --recursive https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/releng/autorelease
+ cd autorelease
+ git fetch origin
+
+ # Ensure we are on the right branch. Note that we are wiping out all
+ # modifications in the repo so backup unsaved changes before doing this.
+ git checkout -f
+ git checkout ${BRANCH,,}
+ git clean -xdff
+ git submodule foreach git checkout -f
+ git submodule foreach git clean -xdff
+ git submodule update --init
+
+ # Ensure git review is setup
+ git review -s