Skill: Deployment Checklist

To Staging (automatic)

Merge MR to develop branch. GitLab CI/CD:

1. Runs full CI pipeline
2. Builds Docker image
3. Deploys to staging server
4. Runs smoke test

To Production

1. Ensure staging has been tested
2. Create a release tag from main:

   git checkout main
   git pull
   git tag v1.x.x
   git push origin v1.x.x

3. GitLab CI/CD:
   • Builds production Docker image
   • Runs migration
   • Deploys to production
   • Pushes OTA update (if JS-only change)
   • Generates changelog

Pre-deployment Checklist

• All tests pass on develop
• Staging tested and verified
• Database migrations reviewed
• No breaking API changes (or documented and versioned)
• Environment variables added to production (if new)
• Feature flags configured (if applicable)

Rollback

• Revert the tag or deploy previous Docker image
• If migration was destructive: restore from backup