Release Checklist

A practical QA release checklist. Your progress is saved locally in your browser — nothing is sent to a server. Export to PDF when you're done.

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Pre-release

Everything that must be true before the release train leaves the station.

Release scope is frozen and documentedPRs targeting this release are tagged, no last-minute additions.
Release notes generated and reviewedUser-facing changes, breaking changes and migrations are called out.
Feature flags configured for risky changes
Database migrations reviewed and backwards-compatibleSafe to run before the new code is deployed.
Rollback plan documented and understood by on-call

Testing

Confidence checks before promoting the build.

All automated E2E tests passed on the release branch
Unit and integration test suites are green
Staging environment matches production DB schema
Manual regression pack executed for critical flowsLogin, checkout, payments, anything money-touching.
Accessibility smoke test passed (keyboard nav, contrast)
No performance regressions on key pages / endpoints

Deployment

The actual rollout.

Deployment window agreed with stakeholders
On-call engineer notified and available
Fresh database backup taken before migration
Migrations executed successfully in production
Release artifact deployed to production
Post-deploy smoke tests passed in production

Post-release

Close the loop and watch the dashboards.

Error rates and latency dashboards monitored for 30+ minutes
No new alerts firing that are linked to this release
Stakeholders and support team notified of go-live
Public docs and internal runbooks updated
Release retro scheduled (what went well / what to improve)

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