diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a0c108b99..209d8ee4e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # macOS
 .DS_Store
 
-.vscode
 .vscode_copy
 
 # Logs
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01b46c29e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "yaml.schemas": {
+        "release-index-shema.json": "release-index.yaml"
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/release-index-shema.json b/release-index-shema.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddb953ad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-index-shema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-06/schema#",
+    "$ref": "#/definitions/Welcome3",
+    "definitions": {
+        "Welcome3": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "properties": {
+                "rollout": {
+                    "$ref": "#/definitions/Rollout"
+                },
+                "features": {
+                    "type": "array",
+                    "items": {
+                        "$ref": "#/definitions/Feature"
+                    }
+                },
+                "releases": {
+                    "type": "array",
+                    "items": {
+                        "$ref": "#/definitions/Release"
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            "required": [
+                "features",
+                "releases",
+                "rollout"
+            ],
+            "title": "Welcome3"
+        },
+        "Feature": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "properties": {
+                "name": {
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "subnets": {
+                    "type": "array",
+                    "items": {
+                        "type": "string"
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            "required": [
+                "name",
+                "subnets"
+            ],
+            "title": "Feature"
+        },
+        "Release": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "properties": {
+                "rc_name": {
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "version": {
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "publish": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "format": "date-time"
+                },
+                "features": {
+                    "type": "array",
+                    "items": {
+                        "type": "string"
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            "required": [
+                "features",
+                "publish",
+                "rc_name",
+                "version"
+            ],
+            "title": "Release"
+        },
+        "Rollout": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "properties": {
+                "rc_name": {
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "pause": {
+                    "type": "boolean"
+                },
+                "skip_days": {
+                    "type": "array",
+                    "items": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "format": "date"
+                    }
+                },
+                "stages": {
+                    "type": "array",
+                    "items": {
+                        "$ref": "#/definitions/Stage"
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            "required": [
+                "pause",
+                "rc_name",
+                "skip_days",
+                "stages"
+            ],
+            "title": "Rollout"
+        },
+        "Stage": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "properties": {
+                "subnets": {
+                    "type": "array",
+                    "items": {
+                        "type": "string"
+                    }
+                },
+                "bake_time": {
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "wait_for_next_week": {
+                    "type": "boolean"
+                }
+            },
+            "required": [
+                "bake_time",
+                "subnets"
+            ],
+            "title": "Stage"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/release-index.yaml b/release-index.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10ce5edf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-index.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+rollout:
+  rc_name: rc--2024-02-21_23-01 # changed in step 4 & 5
+  pause: true
+  skip_days:
+    - 2024-02-26
+  stages:
+    - subnets: [io67a]
+      bake_time: 8h
+    - subnets: [shefu, uzr34]
+      bake_time: 4h
+    - subnets: [pjljw, qdvhd, bkfrj]
+      bake_time: 4h
+    - subnets: [snjp4, w4asl, qxesv]
+      bake_time: 2h
+    - subnets: [4zbus, ejbmu, 2fq7c]  
+      bake_time: 2h
+    - subnets: [pae4o, 5kdm2, csyj4]
+      bake_time: 2h
+    - subnets: [eq6en, lhg73, brlsh]
+      bake_time: 2h
+    - subnets: [k44fs, cv73p, 4ecnw]
+      bake_time: 1h
+    - subnets: [opn46, lspz2, o3ow2] 
+      bake_time: 1h
+    - subnets: [w4rem, 6pbhf, e66qm]
+      bake_time: 1h
+    - subnets: [yinp6, fuqsr, jtdsg]
+      bake_time: 30m
+    - subnets: [mpubz, x33ed, pzp6e]
+      bake_time: 30m
+    - subnets: [3hhby, nl6hn, gmq5v]   
+      bake_time: 30m
+    - subnets: [tdb26] 
+      bake_time: 2h
+      wait_for_next_week: true
+
+features: # can be changed in step 4 $ 5
+  - name: p2p
+    subnets:
+      - shefu
+      - qdvhd
+      - bkfrj
+      - snjp4
+      - qxesv
+      - w4asl
+      - 4zbus
+      - ejbmu
+      - 2fq7c
+      - pae4o
+      - csyj4
+      - 5kdm2
+      - eq6en
+      - brlsh
+      - k44fs
+      - cv73p
+      - 4ecnw
+      - opn46
+      - lspz2
+      - o3ow2
+      - w4rem
+      - 6pbhf
+      - e66qm
+      - jtdsg
+      - fuqsr
+      - mpubz
+      - x33ed
+      - 3hhby
+      - nl6hn
+
+releases: # add new release in step 2
+  - rc_name: rc--2024-02-21_23-01
+    version: 85bd56a70e55b2cea75cae6405ae11243e5fdad8
+    publish: 2024-02-26T14:20:00+00:00 # changed in step 3
+    features:
+      - p2p
+  - rc_name: rc--2024-02-21_23-01
+    version: 2e921c9adfc71f3edc96a9eb5d85fc742e7d8a9f
+    publish: 2024-02-26T14:20:00+00:00 # changed in step 3
+    features: []
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