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GitHub Release Checklist and Rollback Plan for a Small Team

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Release safely with clear steps.

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Write a release checklist and rollback plan for a small software team using GitHub. What we release (library, web app, service, mobile app) and how often: [RELEASE_DESCRIPTION]. Environments and how deployment works: [ENVIRONMENTS_AND_DEPLOYMENT]. Checks that exist: [CHECKS]. Who approves and who is on call: [PEOPLE].

Present a table with Step, Owner, Done and Evidence, in phases. Before: scope agreed, code frozen, version number chosen, changelog written, dependencies and licences reviewed, security checks run, tests green, database changes reviewed, rollback tested. During: tag created, build verified, deployment performed in order, feature flags set. After: smoke tests, monitoring watched for 30 minutes, support informed, release notes published, tickets updated. For each item say how to confirm it was done.

Rollback plan: the trigger (for example an error rate above a threshold, a failed smoke test or a data issue; use placeholders for thresholds), who decides, the steps in order, how to handle database changes that cannot be reversed, and how to communicate. Add a 20-minute post-release review. Mark commands and settings [VERIFY].

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