Release Readiness Checklist

Purpose

Use this checklist before every production release, especially releases that affect authentication, RBAC, tenant isolation, orders, payments, credentials, database migrations, or infrastructure.

Release Information

Item	Value
Release name / version	TBD
Release owner	TBD
Planned date	TBD
Environment	Production
Rollback owner	TBD
Approval owner	TBD

Pre-Release Checklist

Step	Action	Owner	Evidence	Status
1	Release scope is documented	Release Owner	Release notes	TBD
2	Linked SRS or requirement exists	Product / Release Owner	Requirement link	TBD
3	Code review is complete	Engineering	Pull request link	TBD
4	Database migrations are reviewed	Backend / DBA	Migration review	TBD
5	Backup is confirmed before deployment	Operations	Backup evidence	TBD
6	Rollback plan is documented	Release Owner / Operations	Rollback steps	TBD
7	RBAC impact is reviewed	Backend / QA	RBAC test evidence	TBD
8	Tenant isolation impact is reviewed	Backend / QA	Tenant test evidence	TBD
9	Payment and wallet impact is reviewed	Backend / Payments	Payment test evidence	TBD
10	Monitoring and Sentry are checked	Operations	Monitoring screenshot	TBD

Post-Release Smoke Tests

Step	Action	Owner	Evidence	Status
1	Homepage or dashboard loads	QA	Screenshot	TBD
2	Login works	QA	Screenshot	TBD
3	Protected API endpoint works	QA / Backend	API response	TBD
4	Orders flow works if impacted	QA	Screenshot or API response	TBD
5	Payment flow works if impacted	QA / Payments	Provider and internal record	TBD
6	Queue workers process jobs	Operations	Queue status	TBD
7	Sentry shows no new critical errors	Backend / Operations	Sentry screenshot	TBD
8	Rollback is not required or decision is recorded	Release Owner	Decision record	TBD

Release Decision

Decision	Criteria
Proceed	All critical checks passed
Proceed with risk acceptance	Known non-critical issues approved by owner
Hold	Critical test failed or required evidence missing
Rollback	Production impact exceeds release acceptance threshold