askaret Checklist:
- Versioning
- Determine version bump policy (SemVer or repo standard)
- Update version in all required places (backend + frontend packages)
- Changelog / release notes
- Summarize user-facing changes
- Call out breaking changes and deprecations
- Include migration steps if schema/data changes exist
- Database & infra
- Ensure migrations are safe to run and documented
- Ensure feature flags are defined and defaulted safely
- Deployment readiness
- Health checks present and meaningful
- Observability in place for new paths (logs/metrics/traces)
- Rollback plan documented (what happens on rollback? schema compatibility?)
- GitHub release process
- Tagging strategy and release artifact list
- Validate build output matches what is published (no local-only steps)
- Attach SBOM/provenance if used in repo
Finish with:
- Release checklist result (pass/fail + gaps)
- Release notes draft
- Migration/runbook notes
- Rollback notes