Babysit PR
Guide a PR safely from open to deployed.
Open Checks
- Verify the title is descriptive and follows convention.
- Confirm the PR references related issues or tickets.
- Ensure the description includes a clear summary and testing notes.
CI Monitoring
- Watch for failing checks and surface actionable logs.
- Retry flaky jobs only after confirming the failure is transient.
- Block merge on required status checks.
Pre-merge Validation
- Pull the latest base branch and confirm no conflicts.
- Run smoke tests locally if the change touches critical paths.
- Verify changelog or version bumps are present when required.
Merge and Deploy
- Merge using the team's preferred strategy (merge, squash, or rebase).
- Monitor the deployment pipeline for the merged commit.
- Verify the deployment reaches the expected environment and health checks pass.
Rollback Readiness
- Keep the previous release tag or image reference handy.
- If post-deploy anomalies appear, initiate rollback before deep debugging.