Release Delivery Workflow

Commit, blocking checks, approval, production verification, and rollback

Release Delivery Workflow Commit, blocking checks, approval, production verification, and rollback 01 / Developer 02 / Continuous Integration 03 / Release Governance 04 / Production Environment 05 / Release Communication EX / Failure + Rollback Change Build + verify Promote + observe Blocking checks Recovery path Commit · signed change · Developer › Change Commit signed change Pull Request · reviewed diff · Developer › Change Pull Request reviewed diff Build · locked inputs · Continuous Integration › Blocking checks › Build + verify · reproducible Build locked inputs reproducible Quality Gates · test + scan · Continuous Integration › Blocking checks › Build + verify · blocking Quality Gates test + scan blocking Approve · release owner · Release Governance › Promote + observe · human gate Approve release owner human gate Deploy · canary 10% · Production Environment › Promote + observe · production Deploy canary 10% production Verify · smoke + SLO · Production Environment › Promote + observe Verify smoke + SLO Announce · status + notes · Release Communication › Promote + observe Announce status + notes Stop Release · gate failed · Failure + Rollback › Build + verify Stop Release gate failed Rollback · last good image · Failure + Rollback › Recovery path › Promote + observe · owner: on-call Rollback last good image owner: on-call merge healthy red restore Legend User UI Agent logic Policy Tool action Context / trace

One Happy Path

  • • Every change is reviewed before a reproducible build
  • • Blocking checks must be green before human approval
  • • Production is complete only after smoke and SLO verification

Stop Conditions

  • • Test or security failure stops promotion
  • • Production health can reverse a release
  • • Rollback ownership is visible before an incident

Release Evidence

  • • Approval, immutable image, and check results are retained
  • • The release announcement follows verification
  • • The main path remains readable without hiding failure

Workflow diagram • Built with Archify • Hover to trace • R route • Click to focus • +/− zoom • M radar • [/] views • P play story • T theme • E export