gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/taskcluster/ci/docker-image/kind.yml b/taskcluster/ci/docker-image/kind.yml
--- a/taskcluster/ci/docker-image/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/docker-image/kind.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ jobs:
   index-task:
     symbol: I(idx)
   funsize-update-generator:
     symbol: I(pg)
   funsize-balrog-submitter:
     symbol: I(fbs)
   beet-mover:
     symbol: I(bm)
+  update-verify:
+    symbol: I(uv)
diff --git a/taskcluster/ci/release-update-verify/kind.yml b/taskcluster/ci/release-update-verify/kind.yml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/release-update-verify/kind.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+loader: taskgraph.loader.transform:loader
+
+# TODO: we probably hove some of these?
+#kind-dependencies:
+
+transforms:
+    #- taskgraph.transforms.update_verify:transforms
+    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
+
+jobs:
+   update-verify:
+      #label: "{platform}-update-verify-{this_chunk}-{total_chunks}"
+      label: update-verify-placeholder
+      name: update-verify
+      description: update verify
+      worker-type: aws-provisioner-v1/gecko-{level}-b-linux
+      run-on-projects: []
+      worker:
+         implementation: docker-worker
+         os: linux
+         docker-image:
+            in-tree: "update-verify"
+         max-run-time: 7200
+         command:
+            - /bin/bash
+            - -c
+            - hg clone {release_config[build_tools_repo]} tools && cd tools && hg up -r $TAG && cd .. && tools/scripts/release/updates/chunked-verify.sh UNUSED UNUSED {total_chunks} {this_chunk}
+      notifications:
+         completed:
+            #subject: "{config[params][project]} {release_config[version]} build{release_config[build_number]} {platform} beta update verification {this_chunk}/{total_chunks}"
+            #message: "{config[params][project]} {release_config[version]} build{release_config[build_number]} {platform} beta update verification {this_chunk}/{total_chunks} completed successfully"
+            subject: fixme
+            message: fixme
+            ids:
+               by-project:
+                  maple:
+                     - "release-drivers-staging"
+                  try:
+                     #- "{task[tags][createdForUser]}"
+                  default:
+                     - "release-drivers"
+      extra:
+          product: firefox
+      attributes:
+          kind: release-update-verify
diff --git a/taskcluster/docker/update-verify/Dockerfile b/taskcluster/docker/update-verify/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/taskcluster/docker/update-verify/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+FROM python:2-slim-stretch
+
+MAINTAINER release@mozilla.com
+
+RUN apt-get -q update \
+    # p7zip-full is for extracting Windows and OS X packages
+    # Mercurial and Git are for cloning required repositories
+    # wget is for downloading update.xml, installers, and MARs
+    # libgtk-3-0 is required to run the Firefox updater
+    && apt-get -q --yes install p7zip-full git mercurial wget libgtk-3-0 \
+    && apt-get clean
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/kinds.rst b/taskcluster/docs/kinds.rst
--- a/taskcluster/docs/kinds.rst
+++ b/taskcluster/docs/kinds.rst
@@ -234,16 +234,20 @@ Submits bouncer updates for releases.
 release-mark-as-shipped
 -----------------------
 Marks releases as shipped in Ship-It.
 
 release-bouncer-aliases
 ------------------------------
 Update Bouncers (download.mozilla.org) "latest" aliases.
 
+release-update-verify
+---------------------
+todo
+
 release-uptake-monitoring
 -------------------------
 Run uptake monitoring for releases.
 
 release-version-bump
 --------------------
 Bumps to the next version.
 
diff --git a/taskcluster/taskgraph/target_tasks.py b/taskcluster/taskgraph/target_tasks.py
--- a/taskcluster/taskgraph/target_tasks.py
+++ b/taskcluster/taskgraph/target_tasks.py
@@ -311,16 +311,17 @@ def target_tasks_mozilla_beta_desktop_pr
 
     beta_tasks = [l for l, t in full_task_graph.tasks.iteritems() if
                   filter_beta_release_tasks(t, parameters,
                                             ignore_kinds=[],
                                             allow_l10n=True)]
     allow_kinds = [
         'build', 'build-signing', 'repackage', 'repackage-signing',
         'nightly-l10n', 'nightly-l10n-signing', 'repackage-l10n',
+        'release-update-verify'
     ]
 
     def filter(task):
         platform = task.attributes.get('build_platform')
 
         # Android has its own promotion.
         if platform and 'android' in platform:
             return False
@@ -329,16 +330,18 @@ def target_tasks_mozilla_beta_desktop_pr
             return False
 
         # Allow for beta_tasks; these will get optimized out to point to
         # the previous graph using ``previous_graph_ids`` and
         # ``previous_graph_kinds``.
         if task.label in beta_tasks:
             return True
 
+        if task.kind in ('release-update-verify',):
+            return True
         # TODO: partner repacks
         # TODO: source task
         # TODO: funsize, all but balrog submission
         # TODO: bbb update verify
         # TODO: tc update verify
         # TODO: beetmover push-to-candidates
         # TODO: binary transparency
         # TODO: bouncer sub