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Release Preparation — Production Deploy

Ship a major release from code freeze through production deploy and post-release monitoring. Every task a real engineer does.

Issues created:: 46
Structure:: 1 epic · 5 tasks · 40 subtasks
Roles:: release_lead, qa_lead, product_owner

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[#epic] Release v2.4.0 — Production Deploy !High
  [#task] Code Freeze & Branch Cut !High @release_lead [Due + 0d]
    [#subtask] Cut release branch from main @release_lead !High [Due + 0d]
    [#subtask] Announce code freeze in #engineering @release_lead !Medium [Due + 0d]
    [#subtask] Cherry-pick approved hotfixes only @release_lead !High [Due + 1d]
    [#subtask] Lock main branch for release commits @release_lead !Medium [Due + 1d]
    [#subtask] Bump version numbers in package.json @release_lead !Medium [Due + 1d]
  [#task] QA & Regression !Highest @qa_lead [Due + 2d]
    [#subtask] Deploy release branch to staging @qa_lead !High [Due + 2d]
    [#subtask] Run full regression suite @qa_lead !Highest [Due + 3d]
    [#subtask] Execute API integration tests @qa_lead !High [Due + 3d]
    [#subtask] Run performance benchmarks (p95 latency) @qa_lead !High [Due + 4d]
    [#subtask] Run OWASP security scan @qa_lead !Highest [Due + 4d]
    [#subtask] Test rollback procedure on staging @qa_lead !High [Due + 5d]
    [#subtask] UAT sign-off with product @product_owner !High [Due + 5d]
    [#subtask] Triage and fix critical bugs @qa_lead !Highest [Due + 6d]
    [#subtask] Verify all bug fixes pass regression @qa_lead !High [Due + 7d]
  [#task] Release Readiness Review !High @release_lead [Due + 7d]
    [#subtask] Finalize CHANGELOG.md @product_owner !Medium [Due + 7d]
    [#subtask] Update API documentation @release_lead !Medium [Due + 7d]
    [#subtask] Write customer-facing release notes @product_owner !High [Due + 8d]
    [#subtask] Create deployment runbook @release_lead !High [Due + 8d]
    [#subtask] Verify database migration scripts @release_lead !Highest [Due + 8d]
    [#subtask] Confirm rollback playbook is current @release_lead !High [Due + 8d]
    [#subtask] Go/no-go decision meeting @release_lead !Highest [Due + 9d]
    [#subtask] Schedule maintenance window @release_lead !Medium [Due + 9d]
  [#task] Production Deploy !Highest @release_lead [Due + 10d]
    [#subtask] Send deploy notification to #ops_alerts @release_lead !High [Due + 10d]
    [#subtask] Snapshot production database @release_lead !Highest [Due + 10d]
    [#subtask] Run database migrations @release_lead !Highest [Due + 10d]
    [#subtask] Deploy services via blue-green @release_lead !Highest [Due + 10d]
    [#subtask] Flip load balancer to green @release_lead !Highest [Due + 10d]
    [#subtask] Run production smoke tests @qa_lead !Highest [Due + 10d]
    [#subtask] Verify critical user flows (login, checkout, API) @qa_lead !Highest [Due + 10d]
    [#subtask] Enable feature flags for v2.4.0 @release_lead !High [Due + 10d]
    [#subtask] Announce deploy complete in #engineering @release_lead !Medium [Due + 10d]
  [#task] Post-Release Monitoring !High @release_lead [Due + 11d]
    [#subtask] Monitor error rates in Datadog (4h window) @release_lead !Highest [Due + 11d]
    [#subtask] Check p95 latency vs pre-release baseline @release_lead !High [Due + 11d]
    [#subtask] Review Sentry exceptions for new errors @release_lead !High [Due + 11d]
    [#subtask] Triage customer-reported issues @product_owner !High [Due + 12d]
    [#subtask] Deploy hotfix if P1 found @release_lead !Highest [Due + 12d]
    [#subtask] Publish release announcement to customers @product_owner !Medium [Due + 13d]
    [#subtask] Update status page @release_lead !Medium [Due + 13d]
    [#subtask] Archive release branch and tag v2.4.0 @release_lead !Low [Due + 15d]
    [#subtask] Conduct release retrospective @release_lead !Medium [Due + 15d]

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