Release Assistant is a new tool by LaunchDarkly that aims to streamline the release process for software development teams. It helps align releases with organizational best practices at scale, providing real-time visibility into the status of all releases across an organization. Key features include embedding best practices into reusable release pipelines, flag release progression tracking, and a release view dashboard. Release Assistant is now in General Availability (GA) for LaunchDarkly customers to improve their software delivery processes.