I'd like to draw some attention to the current outstanding release blockers.

From https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mw-1.38-release/,
8 tasks as queried from https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/2YXgSfsvECyO/#R

1. T261329 Prepare Parsoid for MW 1.38 (ideally)
> Component: Parsoid.
> Assigned to: WMF Content Transformation, formerly known as Parsing team.

If this is finished in master, it may be worth checking that relevant docs are up-to-date, and that relevant changes have made it to the branch in time (or are backported).

> Component: MediaWiki-Revision-backend.
> Assigned to: WMF Platform Engineering (@tstarling).

Originally planned for MW 1.36. Last year, change 684142 implemented the migration. 

I moved it to the MW 1.39 milestone as this isn't something we can (nor should) rush through code changes alone. Per Tim's comment, we should add this to the installer/updater after we've succesfully migrated WMF's.

> Component: Vector 22.
> Assigned to: Readers Web.

The new Vector 22 skin isn't yet used by default, but it currently hardcodes WMF-specific configuration and is bundled the release. There is an open patch pending review.

> Component: MediaWiki-Parser, MediaWiki-Language-converter.
> Assigned to: WMF Content Transformation, formerly known as Parsing team.

A regression reported October, that appears unsolved in prod (the linked example still displays raw HTML) and currently set to block the release.

> Component: MediaWiki-Parser, MediaWiki-Language-converter.
> Assigned to: WMF Content Transformation (@cscott).

This appears to be resolved from my very rudimentary testing.

> Component: Parsoid.
> Assigned to: WMF Content Transformation, formerly known as Parsing team.

Best,
-- Timo