Azure DevOps YAML Pipeline Review Checklist
Review a pipeline file for clarity, safety and reuse.
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Review this Azure Pipelines YAML as an improvement review of my own pipeline: [PIPELINE_YAML]. Purpose: [PURPOSE]. Environments it deploys to: [ENVIRONMENTS]. Approval rules in place: [APPROVALS]. First explain in plain words what each stage does so I can confirm you read it correctly. Then check structure, triggers, variables and variable groups, secrets handling (names only, never values), stages and dependencies, caching, test and publish steps, deployment approvals, and repeated blocks that could be templates. Group findings under Reliability, Security, Maintainability and Speed, with line references; for each say what could go wrong, how likely it is and how much work the fix takes. Show a corrected version of the riskiest block only, keeping my naming. Provide a prioritised list: fix now, fix soon, consider. Do not suggest weakening approvals. Mark syntax and task versions you cannot verify from the file [VERIFY]. Remind me to test changes on a non-production branch, keep production approvals, and have another person review the change.
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