# DevOps Review: Mahavishnu Implementation Plan

**Reviewer:** DevOps Engineer
**Date:** 2025-01-25
**Plan Version:** sorted-orbiting-octopus.md (Option A - 15-16 weeks)
**Decision:** REQUEST IMPROVEMENTS
**Overall Rating:** 6.5/10

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## Executive Summary

The implementation plan demonstrates strong architectural decisions (OpenSearch for unified observability, Oneiric configuration management) but has **critical DevOps gaps** that must be addressed before approval. The plan lacks production deployment strategy, monitoring/alerTing specifics, backup/disaster recovery procedures, and scalability planning.

**Key Concerns:**

- No production deployment architecture defined
- OpenSearch production deployment unclear (Homebrew for local dev, but what for production?)
- Missing backup/disaster recovery strategy
- No monitoring/alerTing implementation plan
- Scalability not addressed beyond "OpenSearch is horizontally scalable"
- No multi-environment strategy (dev/staging/prod)

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## Key Findings

### ✅ Strengths

1. **OpenSearch Unified Platform Choice** - EXCELLENT decision for unified observability

   - Vector search + log analytics + trace correlation in one platform
   - Native OpenTelemetry support reduces integration complexity
   - ML Commons for automated error pattern detection
   - Single infrastructure service reduces operational overhead

1. **Configuration Management (Oneiric)** - Sound approach

   - Layered configuration (defaults → committed → local → env vars)
   - Type-safe with Pydantic models
   - Environment variable overrides for secrets
   - Already implemented and working

1. **OpenTelemetry Observability Stack** - Industry standard

   - Traces, logs, metrics already instrumented
   - OTLP exporter for flexibility in backend choice
   - Structured logging with structlog

1. **Security Checklist** - Comprehensive guidance

   - Input validation, path traversal prevention
   - JWT authentication
   - Secrets management best practices

1. **Phase 0 Prototype Approach** - Smart risk mitigation

   - OpenSearch prototype in Week 1-2 validates assumptions early
   - Clear rollback plan to pgvector if prototype fails
   - Performance success criteria defined (ingest 100 docs < 30s, query p95 < 500ms)

### 🚨 Blockers

1. **No Production Deployment Architecture**

   - Plan shows Homebrew installation for local dev only
   - No Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud deployment strategy
   - No infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
   - Production deployment requirements completely undefined

1. **OpenSearch Production Deployment Unclear**

   - Homebrew is for local development only
   - No production deployment strategy:
     - Docker Compose? Kubernetes? AWS OpenSearch Service?
     - Self-managed or managed service?
   - Resource requirements not specified (CPU, RAM, disk)
   - Cluster sizing not addressed (single-node vs. multi-node)
   - Backup strategy not defined

1. **No Backup/Disaster Recovery Plan**

   - How to backup OpenSearch indices?
   - How to restore from backup?
   - RPO/RTO objectives not defined
   - Multi-region replication not considered
   - What happens if OpenSearch cluster fails?

1. **Missing Monitoring/Alerting Implementation**

   - OpenTelemetry configured but where to send data?
   - No observability backend specified (Jaeger? Tempo? Prometheus? Grafana?)
   - No alerting rules defined
   - No dashboard specifications
   - No runbook guidance

1. **Scalability Not Addressed**

   - "OpenSearch is horizontally scalable" is not a scalability plan
   - No horizontal scaling strategy
   - No load balancing approach
   - No auto-scaling considerations
   - No capacity planning guidelines

### ⚠️ Concerns

1. **No Multi-Environment Strategy**

   - How to manage dev/staging/prod environments?
   - How to promote configuration between environments?
   - How to isolate development from production data?
   - No environment-specific configuration examples

1. **Dependency Conflicts Not Addressed**

   - httpx version conflict between fastmcp and llama-index-embeddings-ollama
   - Plan shows LlamaIndex adapter work in Phase 2 but conflict not resolved
   - No timeline for resolving upstream dependency conflicts

1. **Resource Requirements Undefined**

   - OpenSearch memory requirements (minimum 2GB for Java heap?)
   - Ollama resource requirements (embedding model memory)
   - Disk space planning for vector indices
   - Network bandwidth requirements

1. **No CI/CD Pipeline**

   - How to test and deploy changes?
   - How to run integration tests before deployment?
   - How to rollback failed deployments?
   - No blue/green or canary deployment strategy

1. **Observability Implementation Missing**

   - Plan mentions OpenSearch log analytics (Phase 4.2) but no implementation details
   - Data Prepper pipeline configuration not specified
   - ML Commons agent setup not documented
   - Correlation of traces/logs/metrics not explained

1. **No Service Level Objectives (SLOs)**

   - What is the target availability? (99.9%? 99.99%?)
   - What is the acceptable latency? (p95 < 500ms for queries?)
   - What are the error rate thresholds?
   - How will SLOs be measured and reported?

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## Critical Recommendations

### 1. Define Production Deployment Architecture (BLOCKER)

**Timeline:** Week 1 (during Phase 0)

**Action:** Create comprehensive deployment architecture document addressing:

```yaml
# /Users/les/Projects/mahavishnu/docs/deployment-architecture.md
production_deployment:
  option_a: "Docker Compose (small-scale production)"
    pros: ["Simple", "Low operational overhead", "Good for <10 repos"]
    cons: ["Single point of failure", "Manual scaling", "Limited HA"]

  option_b: "Kubernetes (recommended for production)"
    pros: ["Auto-scaling", "High availability", "Self-healing", "Rolling updates"]
    cons: ["Higher complexity", "Requires K8s expertise"]

  option_c: "AWS OpenSearch Service (managed)"
    pros: ["Fully managed", "Automated backups", "Multi-AZ", "Patch management"]
    cons: ["Vendor lock-in", "Higher cost", "Less control"]

  recommendation: "Option B (Kubernetes) for production, Option A for staging"
```

**Required Decisions:**

- [ ] Choose deployment platform (Docker/Kubernetes/AWS/OpenSearch Service)
- [ ] Define infrastructure-as-code approach (Terraform/Helm/CloudFormation)
- [ ] Specify cluster sizing (CPU, RAM, disk for OpenSearch)
- [ ] Document networking requirements (VPC, subnets, security groups)

### 2. Create OpenSearch Deployment & Operations Guide (BLOCKER)

**Timeline:** Week 1-2 (during Phase 0 prototype)

**Action:** Create `/Users/les/Projects/mahavishnu/docs/opensearch-operations.md`:

```yaml
opensearch_deployment:
  development:
    method: "Homebrew"
    command: "brew install opensearch && brew services start opensearch"
    endpoint: "http://localhost:9200"
    resources: "Single-node, 512MB heap, 2GB total RAM"

  staging:
    method: "Docker Compose"
    config: "docker-compose.staging.yml"
    nodes: 1
    heap_size: "1GB"
    disk: "20GB"

  production:
    method: "Kubernetes (Helm chart)"
    nodes: 3  # Minimum for HA
    heap_size: "4GB per node"
    disk: "100GB per node (SSD)"
    replication: "2 replicas per shard"
    backup: "Automated snapshots to S3/GCS"

cluster_sizing:
  small: "<1M vectors, 3 nodes, 4GB RAM each"
  medium: "1M-10M vectors, 6 nodes, 8GB RAM each"
  large: ">10M vectors, 12+ nodes, 16GB RAM each"

backup_strategy:
  method: "OpenSearch snapshot repository"
  destination: "S3 (us-east-1) or GCS"
  frequency: "Incremental every hour, full daily"
  retention: "30 days"
  restore_test: "Monthly disaster recovery drill"
```

**Required Sections:**

- [ ] Development deployment instructions (Homebrew)
- [ ] Staging deployment (Docker Compose)
- [ ] Production deployment (Kubernetes or managed service)
- [ ] Cluster sizing guidelines
- [ ] Backup/restore procedures
- [ ] Monitoring/alerTing for OpenSearch itself

### 3. Implement Monitoring & Alerting (BLOCKER)

**Timeline:** Week 1-2 (Phase 0), complete by Week 13 (Phase 4)

**Action:** Create `/Users/les/Projects/mahavishnu/docs/monitoring-implementation.md`:

```yaml
observability_stack:
  traces:
    backend: "Jaeger or Grafana Tempo"
    storage: "OpenSearch or Elasticsearch"
    retention: "7 days"

  metrics:
    collection: "OpenTelemetry + Prometheus"
    retention: "30 days"
    alerting: "Prometheus AlertManager + PagerDuty/Slack"

  logs:
    backend: "OpenSearch Log Analytics"
    retention: "30 days"
    alerting: "OpenSearch anomaly detection"

dashboards:
  - name: "Mahavishni Workflow Overview"
    panels: ["Active workflows", "Success rate", "P95 latency", "Error rate"]
    refresh: "30s"

  - name: "OpenSearch Cluster Health"
    panels: ["Cluster status", "Heap usage", "CPU", "Disk", "Shard health"]

  - name: "Adapter Performance"
    panels: ["Prefect flow duration", "Agno agent latency", "RAG query latency"]

alerting_rules:
  - name: "HighWorkflowFailureRate"
    condition: "error_rate > 5% for 5 minutes"
    severity: "warning"
    action: "Slack notification"

  - name: "OpenSearchClusterDown"
    condition: "cluster_status != 'green'"
    severity: "critical"
    action: "PagerDuty + Slack"

  - name: "SlowQueryPerformance"
    condition: "p95_query_latency > 1000ms"
    severity: "warning"
    action: "Slack notification"
```

**Required Deliverables:**

- [ ] Choose observability backend (Jaeger/Tempo for traces, Prometheus for metrics)
- [ ] Deploy observability infrastructure (Helm charts or Docker Compose)
- [ ] Create Grafana dashboards (minimum 3 dashboards defined above)
- [ ] Implement alerting rules (minimum 10 rules covering workflows, OpenSearch, adapters)
- [ ] Document on-call procedures and runbooks

### 4. Define Backup & Disaster Recovery Strategy (BLOCKER)

**Timeline:** Week 2 (Phase 0)

**Action:** Create `/Users/les/Projects/mahavishnu/docs/backup-disaster-recovery.md`:

```yaml
backup_strategy:
  opensearch:
    method: "Snapshot API to S3/GCS"
    frequency: "Incremental hourly, full daily"
    retention: "30 days"
    rpo: "1 hour"  # Max data loss
    rto: "4 hours"  # Max recovery time

  configuration:
    files: ["repos.yaml", "settings/*.yaml", ".env"]
    method: "Git repository (gitignored secrets) + S3"
    frequency: "On every change via pre-commit hook"

  state:
    data: "Workflow state in OpenSearch"
    backup: "Included in OpenSearch snapshots"

disaster_recovery:
  scenario_1_opensearch_failure:
    detection: "Cluster health check"
    recovery: "Restore from latest snapshot to new cluster"
    rto: "4 hours"
    procedure: "/docs/runbooks/opensearch-failure.md"

  scenario_2_region_outage:
    detection: "Monitoring alert"
    recovery: "Failover to DR region (if multi-region)"
    rto: "8 hours"
    procedure: "/docs/runbooks/region-failover.md"

  scenario_3_data_corruption:
    detection: "Data integrity checks"
    recovery: "Restore from verified snapshot"
    rto: "6 hours"
    procedure: "/docs/runbooks/data-corruption.md"

testing:
  frequency: "Monthly DR drill"
  scope: "Test restore from backups to isolated environment"
  success_criteria: ["RTO < 4 hours", "Zero data loss", "All workflows functional"]
```

**Required Sections:**

- [ ] OpenSearch snapshot/restore procedures
- [ ] Configuration backup procedures
- [ ] Disaster recovery runbooks for 3 scenarios above
- [ ] Monthly disaster recovery testing schedule
- [ ] RPO/RTO documentation

### 5. Scalability & Capacity Planning (BLOCKER)

**Timeline:** Week 2 (Phase 0), review quarterly

**Action:** Create `/Users/les/Projects/mahavishnu/docs/scalability-capacity-planning.md`:

```yaml
scalability_strategy:
  vertical_scaling:
    trigger: "CPU > 80% or memory > 80% for 5 minutes"
    action: "Increase node resources via Kubernetes HPA"

  horizontal_scaling:
    trigger: "Workflow queue depth > 20 or p95_latency > 1000ms"
    action: "Add OpenSearch data nodes (up to 12 nodes)"

  load_balancing:
    method: "Kubernetes Service or HAProxy"
    algorithm: "Least connections"
    health_check: "/health endpoint every 10s"

capacity_planning:
  benchmarks:
    - date: "2025-01-25"
      repos: 10
      vectors: 100K
      queries_per_second: 10
      p95_latency: 450ms
      infrastructure: "OpenSearch 3 nodes, 8GB RAM each"

  growth_forecast:
    - quarter: "Q2 2025"
      repos: 20
      vectors: 500K
      qps: 50
      recommended: "6 nodes, 16GB RAM each"

    - quarter: "Q3 2025"
      repos: 50
      vectors: 2M
      qps: 200
      recommended: "12 nodes, 32GB RAM each, dedicated master nodes"

performance_tests:
  frequency: "Quarterly"
  tool: "k6 or Locust"
  scenarios:
    - name: "Ingestion throughput"
      target: "1000 documents/minute"

    - name: "Query latency"
      target: "p95 < 500ms at 100 QPS"

    - name: "Concurrent workflows"
      target: "20 concurrent workflows without degradation"
```

**Required Sections:**

- [ ] Scaling strategy (vertical vs. horizontal)
- [ ] Load balancing approach
- [ ] Capacity planning benchmarks (define initial baseline in Phase 0)
- [ ] Quarterly performance testing schedule
- [ ] Resource sizing calculator (spreadsheet or script)

### 6. Implement CI/CD Pipeline (HIGH PRIORITY)

**Timeline:** Week 3-5 (Phase 1)

**Action:** Create `/Users/les/Projects/mahavishnu/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml`:

```yaml
# GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline
name: Mahavishnu CI/CD

on: [push, pull_request]

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Run Crackerjack QC
        run: |
          pip install crackerjack
          crackerjack run all
      - name: Run integration tests
        run: pytest tests/integration/
      - name: Run OpenSearch integration tests
        run: pytest tests/integration/test_opensearch.py

  build:
    needs: test
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Build Docker image
        run: docker build -t mahavishnu:${{ github.sha }} .
      - name: Push to registry
        run: docker push mahavishnu:${{ github.sha }}

  deploy_staging:
    needs: build
    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Deploy to staging
        run: |
          kubectl set image deployment/mahavishnu \
            mahavishnu=mahavishnu:${{ github.sha }} \
            -n mahavishnu-staging
      - name: Run smoke tests
        run: pytest tests/smoke/ --base-url=https://staging.mahavishnu.example.com

  deploy_production:
    needs: deploy_staging
    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: production
    steps:
      - name: Deploy to production (blue/green)
        run: |
          kubectl apply -f k8s/production/
          # Wait for health checks
          kubectl rollout status deployment/mahavishnu -n mahavishnu-prod
```

**Required Components:**

- [ ] Automated testing (unit, integration, smoke tests)
- [ ] Docker image build and push
- [ ] Automated deployment to staging
- [ ] Manual approval gate for production
- [ ] Blue/green or canary deployment strategy
- [ ] Automatic rollback on health check failure

### 7. Define Multi-Environment Strategy (HIGH PRIORITY)

**Timeline:** Week 3-5 (Phase 1)

**Action:** Create environment-specific configuration files:

```yaml
# /Users/les/Projects/mahavishnu/settings/development.yaml
server_name: "Mahavishnu Development"
opensearch:
  host: localhost
  port: 9200
  ssl: false
  log_level: DEBUG

# /Users/les/Projects/mahavishnu/settings/staging.yaml
server_name: "Mahavishnu Staging"
opensearch:
  host: opensearch-staging.example.com
  port: 9200
  ssl: true
  verify_certs: true
  log_level: INFO

# /Users/les/Projects/mahavishnu/settings/production.yaml
server_name: "Mahavishnu Production"
opensearch:
  host: opensearch-prod.example.com
  port: 9200
  ssl: true
  verify_certs: true
  log_level: WARNING
```

**Required Sections:**

- [ ] Environment-specific configuration (dev/staging/prod)
- [ ] Environment variable management (.env files, secrets managers)
- [ ] Data isolation strategy (separate OpenSearch clusters per environment)
- [ ] Configuration promotion process

### 8. Resolve Dependency Conflicts (HIGH PRIORITY)

**Timeline:** Week 1-2 (Phase 0)

**Action:** Address httpx version conflict:

```toml
# /Users/les/Projects/mahavishnu/pyproject.toml
[project.optional-dependencies]
# Temporary workaround for httpx conflict
llamaindex-workaround = [
    "llama-index-core>=0.12.0,<0.13.0",
    "llama-index-embeddings-ollama>=0.4.0,<0.5.0",
    "llama-index-llms-ollama>=0.4.0,<0.5.0",
    "httpx<0.28.0",  # Pin for LlamaIndex compatibility
]

# Alternative: Use separate venv for LlamaIndex features
# Document trade-off: Cannot use fastmcp and llamaindex in same venv
```

**Required Actions:**

- [ ] Document the httpx conflict workaround
- [ ] Decide on approach: pin httpx, separate venv, or wait for upstream fix
- [ ] Update Phase 2 deliverables to reflect workaround
- [ ] Create issue upstream (fastmcp or llama-index) for permanent fix

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## Required Actions Checklist

### Phase 0 Additions (Week 1-2.5)

- [ ] **Create deployment architecture document** (`/docs/deployment-architecture.md`)

  - Define production deployment platform (Docker/Kubernetes/AWS)
  - Specify infrastructure-as-code approach
  - Document cluster sizing and resource requirements

- [ ] **Create OpenSearch operations guide** (`/docs/opensearch-operations.md`)

  - Development deployment (Homebrew)
  - Staging deployment (Docker Compose)
  - Production deployment (Kubernetes or managed service)
  - Backup/restore procedures
  - Cluster sizing guidelines

- [ ] **Create monitoring implementation guide** (`/docs/monitoring-implementation.md`)

  - Choose observability backend (Jaeger/Tempo, Prometheus)
  - Define dashboards (minimum 3)
  - Implement alerting rules (minimum 10)
  - Document on-call procedures

- [ ] **Create disaster recovery plan** (`/docs/backup-disaster-recovery.md`)

  - OpenSearch snapshot/restore procedures
  - Configuration backup procedures
  - Disaster recovery runbooks (3 scenarios)
  - RPO/RTO documentation

- [ ] **Create scalability plan** (`/docs/scalability-capacity-planning.md`)

  - Vertical/horizontal scaling strategy
  - Load balancing approach
  - Capacity planning benchmarks
  - Performance testing schedule

- [ ] **Resolve httpx dependency conflict**

  - Document workaround in pyproject.toml
  - Update Phase 2 deliverables if needed

### Phase 1 Additions (Week 3-5)

- [ ] **Implement CI/CD pipeline** (`.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml`)

  - Automated testing
  - Docker build/push
  - Staging deployment
  - Production deployment with approval gates

- [ ] **Create multi-environment configurations**

  - `settings/development.yaml`
  - `settings/staging.yaml`
  - `settings/production.yaml`
  - Environment variable management

### Phase 2 Additions (Week 6-10)

- [ ] **Implement OpenSearch monitoring**

  - Deploy observability stack (Jaeger/Tempo, Prometheus, Grafana)
  - Create dashboards
  - Configure alerting rules

- [ ] **Performance baseline testing**

  - Ingestion throughput benchmark
  - Query latency benchmark
  - Concurrent workflow benchmark
  - Document baseline in scalability plan

### Phase 3 Additions (Week 11-12.5)

- [ ] **Test disaster recovery procedures**
  - OpenSearch snapshot/restore test
  - Configuration restore test
  - Document lessons learned

### Phase 4 Additions (Week 13-16)

- [ ] **OpenSearch log analytics implementation**

  - Data Prepper pipeline configuration
  - ML Commons agent setup
  - Log pattern detection alerts
  - Correlation dashboards

- [ ] **Production readiness checklist**

  - Security hardening (TLS, authentication, network policies)
  - Backup verification
  - Load testing
  - SLO measurement and reporting

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## Estimate to Address Gaps

### Timeline Impact

**Current Plan:** 15-16 weeks (Option A)

**Additional DevOps Work:** +2-3 weeks

- **Phase 0:** +1 week (deployment architecture, OpenSearch ops, monitoring plan, DR plan)
- **Phase 1:** +0.5 weeks (CI/CD pipeline, multi-environment config)
- **Phase 2:** +0.5 weeks (implement monitoring, performance baselines)
- **Phase 4:** +1 week (log analytics implementation, production hardening, DR testing)

**Revised Timeline:** 17-19 weeks total

### Recommendation

**Option A: Extend Timeline (RECOMMENDED)**

- Add 2-3 weeks to address DevOps gaps
- Total timeline: 17-19 weeks
- Ensures production readiness
- Reduces operational risk

**Option B: Reduce Scope**

- Keep 15-16 week timeline
- Defer production deployment to post-implementation
- Focus on development environment only
- Risk: Re-architecture required later for production

**Option C: Parallel DevOps Track**

- Keep 15-16 week core timeline
- Add dedicated DevOps engineer in parallel
- No timeline extension but requires additional resource
- Risk: Integration challenges if DevOps track gets ahead

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## Approval Decision: REQUEST IMPROVEMENTS

### Rationale

The implementation plan has strong architectural foundations but **lacks critical DevOps components** required for production deployment:

1. **No production deployment architecture** - Cannot approve without knowing how to deploy
1. **OpenSearch production deployment undefined** - Homebrew is not production-ready
1. **No backup/disaster recovery** - Unacceptable for production system
1. **Missing monitoring/alerTing** - Cannot operate production system without observability
1. **Scalability not addressed** - Will hit scaling walls without planning

### Path to Approval

To achieve **APPROVE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS**, the plan must include:

1. Production deployment architecture (Week 1 deliverable)
1. OpenSearch operations guide with backup/restore (Week 2 deliverable)
1. Monitoring and alerting implementation plan (Week 2 deliverable)
1. Disaster recovery procedures with RPO/RTO (Week 2 deliverable)
1. Scalability and capacity planning strategy (Week 2 deliverable)

### Secondary Recommendations (for full approval)

6. CI/CD pipeline implementation (Phase 1)
1. Multi-environment strategy (Phase 1)
1. Dependency conflict resolution (Phase 0)

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## Positive Notes

Despite the critical gaps, there are several aspects of the plan that demonstrate DevOps awareness:

1. **Phase 0 Prototype Approach** - Smart to validate OpenSearch early
1. **Rollback Plan to pgvector** - Good contingency planning
1. **Oneiric Configuration** - Excellent choice for multi-environment config
1. **OpenTelemetry Instrumentation** - Industry-standard observability
1. **Security Checklist** - Comprehensive security guidance
1. **Performance Success Criteria** - Clear metrics for prototype validation

With the addition of the required DevOps components, this plan will be production-ready.

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## Next Steps

1. **Immediate (This Week)**

   - Create deployment architecture document
   - Document OpenSearch production deployment strategy
   - Add backup/disaster recovery section to plan

1. **Short-term (Week 2-3)**

   - Create monitoring implementation guide
   - Define scalability and capacity planning
   - Set up CI/CD pipeline skeleton

1. **Phase 0 Review (Week 2.5)**

   - Re-review plan with DevOps additions
   - Approve Phase 1 start if all blockers addressed

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**Review Status:** REQUEST IMPROVEMENTS
**Confidence Level:** High (critical gaps are clear and actionable)
**Estimated Time to Approval:** 1-2 weeks with focused DevOps planning

**Sign-off:** DevOps Engineer
**Date:** 2025-01-25
