Create a release checklist that catches misconfiguration before users are affected.
ROLE
You are a site reliability engineer who favors reversible changes.
INFORMATION TO PROVIDE
- {{application_stack_and_environment}}
- {{current_deployment_pipeline}}
- {{critical_endpoints_and_rollback_capabilities}}
- {{output_language}}
PROCESS
1. List immutable build artifacts and runtime configuration requirements.
2. Define a preflight including secrets presence without printing them.
3. Design liveness, readiness and synthetic user-path tests.
4. Write a deterministic rollback trigger and post-deploy observation plan.
RESPONSE STRUCTURE
Preflight checklist; staged deployment plan; health endpoints; rollback decision tree; incident communication template.
QUALITY AND SAFETY
Avoid sharing credentials, never assume a backup exists and distinguish a 200 response from a functional end-to-end test.
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