rollback-workflow-builder

name	rollback-workflow-builder
description	Creates safe rollback procedures for deployments with automated workflows, rollback runbooks, version management, and incident response. Use for "rollback automation", "deployment recovery", "incident response", or "production rollback".

Rollback Workflow Builder

Build safe, fast rollback mechanisms for production deployments.

Manual Rollback Workflow

# .github/workflows/rollback.yml
name: Rollback

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      version:
        description: "Version to rollback to (e.g., v1.2.3 or previous)"
        required: true
        type: string
      environment:
        description: "Environment to rollback"
        required: true
        type: choice
        options:
          - staging
          - production
      reason:
        description: "Reason for rollback"
        required: true
        type: string

jobs:
  rollback:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: ${{ github.event.inputs.environment }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}

      - name: Verify version exists
        run: |
          if ! git rev-parse ${{ github.event.inputs.version }} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
            echo "❌ Version ${{ github.event.inputs.version }} not found"
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "✅ Version ${{ github.event.inputs.version }} exists"

      - name: Get current version
        id: current
        run: |
          CURRENT=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
          echo "version=$CURRENT" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "Current version: $CURRENT"

      - name: Confirm rollback
        run: |
          echo "🔄 Rolling back from ${{ steps.current.outputs.version }} to ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
          echo "Environment: ${{ github.event.inputs.environment }}"
          echo "Reason: ${{ github.event.inputs.reason }}"

      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: "20"

      - run: npm ci
      - run: npm run build

      - name: Deploy rollback
        run: |
          ./scripts/deploy.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.environment }}
        env:
          DEPLOY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_TOKEN }}

      - name: Verify deployment
        run: |
          ./scripts/health-check.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.environment }}

      - name: Create incident issue
        uses: actions/github-script@v7
        with:
          script: |
            github.rest.issues.create({
              owner: context.repo.owner,
              repo: context.repo.repo,
              title: `Rollback: ${context.payload.inputs.environment} to ${context.payload.inputs.version}`,
              body: `## Rollback Details
              
              **Environment:** ${context.payload.inputs.environment}
              **From:** ${{ steps.current.outputs.version }}
              **To:** ${context.payload.inputs.version}
              **Reason:** ${context.payload.inputs.reason}
              **Triggered by:** @${context.actor}
              **Time:** ${new Date().toISOString()}
              
              ## Next Steps
              - [ ] Verify rollback successful
              - [ ] Investigate root cause
              - [ ] Create fix
              - [ ] Update postmortem
              `,
              labels: ['incident', 'rollback']
            })

Automated Rollback on Failure

deploy:
  runs-on: ubuntu-latest
  steps:
    - name: Deploy
      id: deploy
      run: ./scripts/deploy.sh production
      continue-on-error: true

    - name: Verify deployment
      id: verify
      if: steps.deploy.outcome == 'success'
      run: ./scripts/health-check.sh production
      continue-on-error: true

    - name: Auto-rollback on failure
      if: steps.deploy.outcome == 'failure' || steps.verify.outcome == 'failure'
      run: |
        echo "⚠️ Deployment failed, initiating automatic rollback"
        PREVIOUS_VERSION=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 HEAD^)
        ./scripts/deploy.sh production $PREVIOUS_VERSION

        # Verify rollback
        if ./scripts/health-check.sh production; then
          echo "✅ Rollback successful"
        else
           
           
        

Kubernetes Rollback

rollback-k8s:
  runs-on: ubuntu-latest
  steps:
    - name: Setup kubectl
      uses: azure/setup-kubectl@v3

    - name: Configure kubectl
      run: |
        echo "${{ secrets.KUBECONFIG }}" > kubeconfig
        export KUBECONFIG=kubeconfig

    - name: Rollback deployment
      run: |
        kubectl rollout undo deployment/myapp -n production
        kubectl rollout status deployment/myapp -n production --timeout=5m

    - name: Get rollback revision
      run: |
        kubectl rollout history deployment/myapp -n production

Docker Image Rollback

- name: Rollback to previous image
  run: |
    # Get previous image tag
    PREVIOUS_TAG=$(docker inspect myapp:latest | jq -r '.[0].ContainerConfig.Labels.previous_tag')

    # Retag previous as latest
    docker pull myapp:$PREVIOUS_TAG
    docker tag myapp:$PREVIOUS_TAG myapp:latest
    docker push myapp:latest

    # Restart containers
    docker-compose pull
    docker-compose up -d

Database Migration Rollback

- name: Rollback database migrations
  run: |
    # Get migration to rollback to
    CURRENT=$(npm run migrate:current)
    TARGET=${{ github.event.inputs.migration }}

    echo "Rolling back from $CURRENT to $TARGET"
    npm run migrate:down -- --to=$TARGET

    # Verify rollback
    AFTER=$(npm run migrate:current)
    if [ "$AFTER" != "$TARGET" ]; then
      echo "❌ Migration rollback failed"
      exit 1
    fi
  env:
    DATABASE_URL: ${{ secrets.DATABASE_URL }}

Rollback Runbook

# Production Rollback Runbook

## When to Rollback

Rollback if:

- Critical bugs affecting >10% of users
- Data integrity issues
- Security vulnerabilities
- Performance degradation >50%
- Error rate >5%

## Before Rollback

1. **Assess impact**: Check monitoring dashboards
2. **Identify version**: Determine last known good version
3. **Notify team**: Post in #incidents Slack channel
4. **Enable maintenance mode** (if possible)

## Rollback Steps

### Automated Rollback (Preferred)

1. Go to Actions → Rollback workflow
2. Select environment (staging/production)
3. Enter target version (e.g., v1.2.3 or "previous")
4. Enter reason for rollback
5. Click "Run workflow"
6. Monitor progress in Actions tab

### Manual Rollback (Emergency)

```bash
# 1. SSH to production server
ssh production

# 2. Check current version
docker ps | grep myapp

# 3. Pull previous version
docker pull myapp:v1.2.3

# 4. Update docker-compose
vim docker-compose.yml
# Change image: myapp:latest to myapp:v1.2.3

# 5. Deploy
docker-compose up -d

# 6. Verify
curl https://api.myapp.com/health

# 7. Check logs
docker logs myapp -f
```

After Rollback

1. Verify: Run smoke tests
2. Monitor: Watch error rates for 15 minutes
3. Notify: Update #incidents with status
4. Disable maintenance mode
5. Create incident ticket
6. Schedule postmortem

Rollback Verification

• Health check returns 200
• Error rate <1%
• Response time p95 <500ms
• Key features working (login, checkout, etc.)
• Database connectivity OK

Communication Template

🔄 ROLLBACK IN PROGRESS

Environment: Production
From: v1.3.0
To: v1.2.3
Reason: Critical bug in checkout flow
Status: In progress
ETA: 5 minutes

Updates: #incidents

Common Issues

Issue: Rollback Fails

Symptom: Deployment doesn't start Fix: Check logs, verify version exists, ensure secrets are valid

Issue: Database Incompatibility

Symptom: App starts but can't read data Fix: May need to rollback migrations first

Issue: Traffic Not Routing

Symptom: Users still see new version Fix: Clear CDN cache, check load balancer config

## Health Check Script

```bash
#!/bin/bash
# scripts/health-check.sh

ENVIRONMENT=$1
BASE_URL="https://${ENVIRONMENT}.myapp.com"

echo "Running health checks for $ENVIRONMENT..."

# API health
if ! curl -f "$BASE_URL/api/health" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
  echo "❌ API health check failed"
  exit 1
fi

# Database connection
if ! curl -f "$BASE_URL/api/health/db" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
  echo "❌ Database health check failed"
  exit 1
fi

# Key endpoints
ENDPOINTS=("/api/users" "/api/products" "/api/orders")
for endpoint in "${ENDPOINTS[@]}"; do
  if ! curl -f "$BASE_URL$endpoint" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
    echo "❌ Endpoint $endpoint health check failed"
    exit 1
  fi
done

echo "✅ All health checks passed"
exit 0

Best Practices

1. Fast rollback: <5 minutes to previous version
2. Automated: One-click rollback workflow
3. Verified: Health checks after rollback
4. Documented: Clear runbook
5. Tested: Practice rollbacks regularly
6. Monitored: Alert on failures
7. Communicated: Notify stakeholders

Output Checklist

• Manual rollback workflow
• Automated rollback on failure
• Platform-specific rollback (K8s/Docker)
• Database rollback procedure
• Rollback runbook documented
• Health check scripts
• Communication templates
• Incident issue automation