skill-release-management

name	skill-release-management
description	Release planning and scheduling, semantic versioning (semver), rollout strategies (canary, blue-green, gradual), changelog generation, rollback procedures, production validation. Use when planning releases, creating rollout strategies, or managing version bumps.
version	1.0.0

Skill: Release Management

Plan releases. Roll out safely. Roll back fast.

Semantic Versioning

• MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH (e.g., 2.1.3)
• MAJOR: Breaking changes (2.0.0)
• MINOR: New features, backward-compatible (1.5.0)
• PATCH: Bug fixes (1.4.2)

Rollout Strategy

Stage 1: Canary (5%, monitor 30 min)

• If good → proceed
• If bad → rollback immediately

Stage 2: Gradual (25% → 50% → 75%, each 1 hour)

• Monitor: Error rate < 0.1%, latency stable
• If any stage fails → rollback

Stage 3: Full (100%, monitor 4 hours)

• On-call team watches

Pre-Release Checklist

• All tests pass
• No linting/type errors
• Performance: no regressions
• Security: scan passed
• Accessibility: WCAG AA
• Documentation updated
• Release notes written
• Rollback tested in staging
• Monitoring configured
• On-call briefed

Release Notes

## v2.1.0 — [Date]

### ✨ New
- Feature 1
- Feature 2

### 🐛 Fixed
- Bug 1

### ⚠️ Breaking
- Change 1 (migration guide)

### 📊 Timeline
- 10:00 UTC: Canary (5%)
- 10:30 UTC: Gradual (25%)
- 11:30 UTC: Full (100%)

Rollback

< 5 minutes:

1. Detect issue
2. Declare rollback
3. Execute (tested before)
4. Verify (health checks)
5. Post-mortem

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Status: Ready for release work
Best for: Release planning, rollout, versioning