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+<list>
+    <stagingActivity>
+        <name>open</name>
+        <started>2021-01-01T01:01:00.000Z</started>
+        <stopped>2021-01-01T01:01:01.000Z</stopped>
+        <events>
+            <stagingActivityEvent>
+                <timestamp>2021-01-01T01:01:01.000Z</timestamp>
+                <name>repositoryCreated</name>
+                <severity>0</severity>
+                <properties>
+                    <stagingProperty>
+                        <name>id</name>
+                        <value>test-release-repo</value>
+                    </stagingProperty>
+                </properties>
+            </stagingActivityEvent>
+        </events>
+    </stagingActivity>
+    <stagingActivity>
+        <name>close</name>
+        <started>2021-01-01T01:01:02.000Z</started>
+        <stopped>2021-01-01T01:01:03.000Z</stopped>
+        <events>
+            <stagingActivityEvent>
+                <timestamp>2021-01-01T01:01:02.000Z</timestamp>
+                <name>repositoryClosed</name>
+                <severity>0</severity>
+                <properties>
+                    <stagingProperty>
+                        <name>id</name>
+                        <value>test-release-repo</value>
+                    </stagingProperty>
+                </properties>
+            </stagingActivityEvent>
+        </events>
+    </stagingActivity>
+    <stagingActivity>
+       <name>release</name>
+       <started>2021-01-01T01:01:04.000Z</started>
+       <events>
+           <stagingActivityEvent>
+               <timestamp>2021-01-01T01:01:04.000Z</timestamp>
+               <name>repositoryReleased</name>
+               <severity>0</severity>
+               <properties>
+                   <stagingProperty>
+                       <name>id</name>
+                       <value>test-release-repo</value>
+                   </stagingProperty>
+               </properties>
+           </stagingActivityEvent>
+       </events>
+   </stagingActivity>
+</list>
 
     request_url = "{}/staging/bulk/promote".format(baseurl)
 
     closed_return = open("staging_activities_closed.xml", "r").read()
+    releasing_return = open("staging_activities_releasing.xml", "r").read()
     released_return = open("staging_activities_released.xml", "r").read()
 
     responses.add(responses.GET, activity_url, closed_return, status=200)
     responses.add(responses.POST, request_url, status=201)
     # While checking for the "release" activity, we return once without it in
     # order to exercise the code for "if not released".
-    responses.add(responses.GET, activity_url, closed_return, status=200)
+    responses.add(responses.GET, activity_url, releasing_return, status=200)
     responses.add(responses.GET, activity_url, released_return, status=200)
 
     cmd.release_staging_repos(repos, False)