diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index e982fee49ac..89701508fbf 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Makefile                                  @pcrespov @sanderegg
 /packages/settings-library/               @pcrespov @sanderegg
 /requirements/                            @pcrespov @matusdrobuliak66
 /services/agent/                          @GitHK
-/services/api-server/                     @pcrespov @bisgaard-itis
+/services/api-server/                     @pcrespov
 /services/autoscaling/                    @sanderegg
 /services/catalog/                        @pcrespov @sanderegg
 /services/clusters-keeper/                @sanderegg
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_pre_release.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_pre_release.yml
index 10ccb91ea73..1502fd0b34f 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_pre_release.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_pre_release.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ body:
       placeholder: 7d9dcc313f9ced0bd1e6508363148841683b6d7c
     validations:
       required: true
+  - type: input
+    id: pre_release_date
+    attributes:
+      label: Planned date
+      description: Projected release date for this upcoming version
+      placeholder: ex. Friday, April 23, 1976
+    validations:
+      required: true
   - type: checkboxes
     attributes:
       label: Did the commit CI suceeded?
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_release.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_release.yml
index b1c2100158b..d841d8ddb99 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_release.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_release.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ body:
       value: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-simcore/releases/tag/staging_<sprint_name><version>
     validations:
       required: true
+  - type: input
+    id: release_date
+    attributes:
+      label: Planned date
+      description: Projected release date for this upcoming version
+      placeholder: ex. Friday, April 23, 1976
+    validations:
+      required: true
   - type: checkboxes
     attributes:
       label: Did the commit CI suceeded?
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/6_hotfix.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/6_hotfix.yml
index 6def950b5e0..d61671a04e3 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/6_hotfix.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/6_hotfix.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ body:
       value: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-simcore/releases/tag/v<version>
     validations:
       required: true
+  - type: input
+    id: hotfix_date
+    attributes:
+      label: Planned date
+      description: Projected release date for this upcoming version
+      placeholder: ex. Friday, April 23, 1976
+    validations:
+      required: true
   - type: textarea
     attributes:
       label: Motivation
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 251779b2992..824d3962837 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ endif
 .deploy-ops: .stack-ops.yml
 	# Deploy stack 'ops'
 ifndef ops_disabled
-	docker stack deploy --with-registry-auth -c $< ops
+	docker stack deploy --detach=true --with-registry-auth -c $< ops
 else
 	@echo "Explicitly disabled with ops_disabled flag in CLI"
 endif
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ up-devel: .stack-simcore-development.yml .init-swarm $(CLIENT_WEB_OUTPUT) ## Dep
 	@$(MAKE_C) services/static-webserver/client down compile-dev flags=--watch
 	@$(MAKE_C) services/dask-sidecar certificates
 	# Deploy stack $(SWARM_STACK_NAME) [back-end]
-	@docker stack deploy --with-registry-auth -c $< $(SWARM_STACK_NAME)
+	@docker stack deploy --detach=true --with-registry-auth -c $< $(SWARM_STACK_NAME)
 	@$(MAKE) .deploy-ops
 	@$(_show_endpoints)
 	@$(MAKE_C) services/static-webserver/client follow-dev-logs
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ up-devel-frontend: .stack-simcore-development-frontend.yml .init-swarm ## Every
 	@$(MAKE_C) services/static-webserver/client down compile-dev flags=--watch
 	@$(MAKE_C) services/dask-sidecar certificates
 	# Deploy stack $(SWARM_STACK_NAME)  [back-end]
-	@docker stack deploy --with-registry-auth -c $< $(SWARM_STACK_NAME)
+	@docker stack deploy --detach=true --with-registry-auth -c $< $(SWARM_STACK_NAME)
 	@$(MAKE) .deploy-ops
 	@$(_show_endpoints)
 	@$(MAKE_C) services/static-webserver/client follow-dev-logs
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ up-prod: .stack-simcore-production.yml .init-swarm ## Deploys local production s
 ifeq ($(target),)
 	@$(MAKE_C) services/dask-sidecar certificates
 	# Deploy stack $(SWARM_STACK_NAME)
-	@docker stack deploy --with-registry-auth -c $< $(SWARM_STACK_NAME)
+	@docker stack deploy --detach=true --with-registry-auth -c $< $(SWARM_STACK_NAME)
 	@$(MAKE) .deploy-ops
 else
 	# deploys ONLY $(target) service
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ endif
 up-version: .stack-simcore-version.yml .init-swarm ## Deploys versioned stack '$(DOCKER_REGISTRY)/{service}:$(DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG)' and ops stack (pass 'make ops_disabled=1 up-...' to disable)
 	@$(MAKE_C) services/dask-sidecar certificates
 	# Deploy stack $(SWARM_STACK_NAME)
-	@docker stack deploy --with-registry-auth -c $< $(SWARM_STACK_NAME)
+	@docker stack deploy --detach=true --with-registry-auth -c $< $(SWARM_STACK_NAME)
 	@$(MAKE) .deploy-ops
 	@$(_show_endpoints)