quantumquirkxyz Contract
- Input: application architecture, deployment environment, quality requirements.
- Output: pipeline definition + gate rules + rollback plan.
- Side effects: may trigger builds/deployments when executed.
- Dependencies: CI/CD platform (GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / Jenkins / CircleCI / Travis).
- Stop condition: pipeline definition saved; gate rules documented.
- Risk: medium — deployment errors cause outages; requires testing.
- Boundary: defines pipeline; does not execute production deployment unless explicitly instructed.
CI/CD Pipeline Design
Design a CI/CD pipeline — build, test, security, deploy, rollback — with reproducible steps and deployment gates.
Process
1. Define stages
- Build: compile / package / dependency install; reproducible (lock files, container).
- Test: unit, integration, contract, performance; must pass before deploy.
- Security: dependency scan, secret scan, static analysis (SAST), dynamic (DAST if applicable).
- Deploy: to staging first; promotion to prod with gate.
- Rollback: automated (revert to previous version) or manual (with decision log).
Completion criterion: stages named; order defined; gates stated.
2. Environment parity
- Dev / staging / production use identical container images / dependency versions.
- Configuration is externalised (env vars / configmaps / secrets manager), not baked into image.
- Database migrations run before deploy; rollback plan for migration errors.
Completion criterion: parity checklist saved.
3. Deployment gates
- All tests pass.
- Security scan clean (no critical / high vulnerability unmitigated).
- Approval required for production (manual or automated based on risk).
- Feature flags for gradual rollout.
Completion criterion: gate rules saved.
4. Rollback
- Previous version kept (blue/green or rolling with old pods)
- Rollback trigger: error rate threshold, latency spike, manual decision.
- Rollback time target (e.g. < 5 minutes for stateless; < 15 minutes for stateful).
Completion criterion: rollback plan saved.
5. Deliver
Pipeline file (YAML / JSON / script), gate rules, rollback plan, environment parity checklist.