Standard operating procedures for maintaining system reliability and security in production
Run full test suite and ensure 100% pass rate
Review and approve all code changes via pull request
Create deployment branch from main with version tag
Deploy to staging environment for final validation
Run smoke tests on staging environment
Deploy to production using blue-green deployment strategy
Monitor error rates and performance metrics for 1 hour
Tag release in version control with deployment notes
Identify critical issue requiring rollback
Notify team and stakeholders of rollback decision
Switch traffic to previous stable version
Verify system stability and error rates
Document root cause and prevention measures
Schedule hotfix deployment if needed
Create migration scripts with rollback capability
Test migrations on staging database copy
Schedule maintenance window and notify users
Backup production database before migration
Run migration with transaction support
Verify data integrity and application functionality
Update documentation with schema changes