# Production Release Readiness Checklist

**Version:** 1.0.0
**Date:** January 30, 2026
**Target Release:** [To be scheduled]

## Release Status Dashboard

| Category | Status | Details | Sign-off |
|----------|--------|---------|----------|
| Documentation | IN PROGRESS | User, Developer, Release notes | [ ] |
| Testing | IN PROGRESS | Unit, Integration, E2E, Security | [ ] |
| Security | IN PROGRESS | Audit, Vulnerabilities, Compliance | [ ] |
| Performance | PENDING | Load testing, Benchmarks | [ ] |
| Deployment | PENDING | Infrastructure, Runbooks | [ ] |
| **Overall** | **IN PROGRESS** | **Target: Ready for Release** | |

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## Pre-Release Phase (This Week)

### Documentation (15% Complete)
- [ ] User documentation created
  - [ ] Getting started guide
  - [ ] Feature documentation
  - [ ] Troubleshooting guide
  - [ ] FAQ section
- [ ] Developer documentation created
  - [ ] Architecture documentation
  - [ ] Setup guide
  - [ ] API documentation
  - [ ] Code standards
- [ ] Release notes prepared
  - [ ] Version information
  - [ ] New features
  - [ ] Bug fixes
  - [ ] Breaking changes
  - [ ] Known issues
- [ ] **Documentation Owner:** [TBD]
- [ ] **Deadline:** January 31, 2026

**Documents Created:**
- ✓ `/PRODUCTION_RELEASE_GUIDE.md`
- ✓ `/PRODUCTION_TESTING_GUIDE.md`
- ✓ `/DEPLOYMENT_GUIDE.md`
- ✓ `/SECURITY_AUDIT_CHECKLIST.md`
- ✓ `/LOAD_TESTING_GUIDE.md`
- [ ] User Feature Guide (TODO)
- [ ] API Documentation (TODO)
- [ ] Release Notes v1.0.0 (TODO)

### Code Quality & Testing (40% Complete)
- [ ] Type safety validation
  - [ ] `bun run type-check` passes
  - [ ] No TypeScript errors
  - [ ] Strict mode enabled
- [ ] Linting & formatting
  - [ ] `bun run lint:fix` passes
  - [ ] `bun run format` applied
  - [ ] ESLint warnings: 0
- [ ] Unit tests
  - [ ] `bun run test:run` passes
  - [ ] Coverage >90% for changed files
  - [ ] All utilities tested
- [ ] Integration tests
  - [ ] `bun run test:api` passes
  - [ ] tRPC endpoints tested
  - [ ] Services tested
- [ ] Component tests
  - [ ] `bun run test:components` passes
  - [ ] Critical components tested
  - [ ] Accessibility tested
- [ ] E2E tests (Initial Run)
  - [ ] 71+ E2E tests configured
  - [ ] Critical path tests ready
  - [ ] Test categories organized
- [ ] **Testing Owner:** [TBD]
- [ ] **Deadline:** February 2, 2026

### Security Audit (25% Complete)
- [ ] Dependency audit
  - [ ] Vulnerability scan completed
  - [ ] All high/critical issues fixed
  - [ ] Trusted dependencies list current
- [ ] Code security review
  - [ ] No service role keys in src/
  - [ ] RLS policies verified
  - [ ] Input validation verified
  - [ ] CSRF protection verified
  - [ ] XSS protection verified
- [ ] Infrastructure security
  - [ ] Secrets properly managed
  - [ ] API security validated
  - [ ] Database security verified
  - [ ] HTTPS enforced
- [ ] OWASP validation
  - [ ] Top 10 checklist completed
  - [ ] Critical findings: 0
  - [ ] High findings addressed
- [ ] **Security Owner:** [TBD]
- [ ] **Deadline:** February 3, 2026

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## Load Testing Phase (Next Week)

### Performance Baseline (PENDING)
- [ ] Frontend metrics established
  - [ ] Page load time baseline
  - [ ] Time to interactive baseline
  - [ ] Core Web Vitals baseline
  - [ ] Lighthouse score baseline
- [ ] Backend metrics established
  - [ ] API response time baseline
  - [ ] Database query time baseline
  - [ ] Error rate baseline
  - [ ] Throughput baseline

### Load Test Execution (PENDING)
- [ ] Ramp-up test (0-100 users)
  - [ ] Test infrastructure ready
  - [ ] Monitoring configured
  - [ ] Test executed
  - [ ] Results analyzed
- [ ] Sustained load test (100 users, 10 min)
  - [ ] Stability verified
  - [ ] Memory leaks checked
  - [ ] Database health confirmed
- [ ] Peak load test (1000 users, 5 min)
  - [ ] Capacity identified
  - [ ] Degradation curve measured
  - [ ] Recovery verified
- [ ] Spike test
  - [ ] Spike handling verified
  - [ ] Recovery validated
  - [ ] State consistency confirmed
- [ ] Stress test (gradual increase)
  - [ ] Breaking point identified
  - [ ] Graceful failure verified
  - [ ] Error handling validated
- [ ] **Load Testing Owner:** [TBD]
- [ ] **Deadline:** February 5, 2026

### Performance Optimization (PENDING)
- [ ] Bottleneck identification
  - [ ] Database queries optimized
  - [ ] API endpoints optimized
  - [ ] Frontend performance improved
- [ ] Re-testing
  - [ ] Tests rerun after optimization
  - [ ] Improvement verified
  - [ ] Targets met
- [ ] **Optimization Owner:** [TBD]
- [ ] **Deadline:** February 6, 2026

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## Final Validation Phase (Following Week)

### Regression Testing (PENDING)
- [ ] Critical path workflows tested
  - [ ] User registration → Login → Project creation
  - [ ] Item creation → Linking → Search
  - [ ] Import → Export → Backup
- [ ] Data integrity validated
  - [ ] No orphaned records
  - [ ] Relationships intact
  - [ ] Indexes working
- [ ] **Regression Owner:** [TBD]
- [ ] **Deadline:** February 7, 2026

### Integration Testing (PENDING)
- [ ] End-to-end workflows
- [ ] Third-party integrations
- [ ] Data synchronization
- [ ] **Integration Owner:** [TBD]

### Staging Deployment (PENDING)
- [ ] Deploy to staging
- [ ] Run full test suite on staging
- [ ] Verify in production-like environment
- [ ] Security scan on staging build
- [ ] Performance test on staging
- [ ] **Staging Owner:** [TBD]
- [ ] **Deadline:** February 8, 2026

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## Deployment Phase (Final Week)

### Pre-Deployment (PENDING)
- [ ] Production database backup
- [ ] Rollback plan documented
- [ ] Communication plan ready
- [ ] Support team briefed
- [ ] Monitoring configured
- [ ] **Deployment Owner:** [TBD]
- [ ] **Deadline:** February 10, 2026

### Production Deployment (PENDING)
- [ ] Database migrations
- [ ] Code deployment
- [ ] Health checks
- [ ] Smoke tests
- [ ] Monitoring active
- [ ] **Deployment Owner:** [TBD]
- [ ] **Scheduled Date:** [TBD]

### Post-Deployment (PENDING)
- [ ] First week monitoring
- [ ] Error rate tracking
- [ ] User feedback collection
- [ ] Performance validation
- [ ] Issue response
- [ ] **Monitoring Owner:** [TBD]

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## Sign-off & Approvals

### Phase Completions
- [ ] Documentation Complete - [Date] - [Name]
- [ ] Code Quality Complete - [Date] - [Name]
- [ ] Security Audit Complete - [Date] - [Name]
- [ ] Load Testing Complete - [Date] - [Name]
- [ ] Regression Testing Complete - [Date] - [Name]

### Release Approvals
- [ ] Product Owner Approval - [Date] - [Name]
  - [ ] Features complete
  - [ ] Quality acceptable
  - [ ] Ready for users

- [ ] Tech Lead Approval - [Date] - [Name]
  - [ ] Code quality acceptable
  - [ ] Architecture sound
  - [ ] Performance acceptable

- [ ] QA Lead Approval - [Date] - [Name]
  - [ ] All tests passing
  - [ ] Coverage adequate
  - [ ] Issues resolved

- [ ] DevOps Lead Approval - [Date] - [Name]
  - [ ] Infrastructure ready
  - [ ] Monitoring configured
  - [ ] Rollback plan ready

- [ ] Security Lead Approval - [Date] - [Name]
  - [ ] Security audit passed
  - [ ] Vulnerabilities addressed
  - [ ] Compliance verified

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## Critical Path Items

### Must Complete Before Release
1. **Code Quality** (Target: This Week)
   - [ ] TypeScript strict: PASS
   - [ ] ESLint: PASS (0 warnings)
   - [ ] Tests: >90% coverage
   - [ ] All E2E tests: PASS

2. **Security** (Target: February 3)
   - [ ] Dependency audit: No critical vulnerabilities
   - [ ] Security review: No critical findings
   - [ ] OWASP validation: Complete

3. **Performance** (Target: February 6)
   - [ ] Load testing: Complete
   - [ ] Bottlenecks: Identified and addressed
   - [ ] Targets: Met

4. **Documentation** (Target: January 31)
   - [ ] User documentation: Complete
   - [ ] Developer documentation: Complete
   - [ ] Release notes: Complete

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## Risk Assessment

### High Risk Items
| Risk | Impact | Mitigation | Owner |
|------|--------|-----------|-------|
| E2E tests failing | Release delay | Daily test runs | [TBD] |
| Security vulnerabilities | Security delay | Weekly audit | [TBD] |
| Performance issues | Performance delay | Load testing | [TBD] |
| Documentation gaps | User confusion | Comprehensive docs | [TBD] |

### Medium Risk Items
| Risk | Impact | Mitigation | Owner |
|------|--------|-----------|-------|
| Data migration issues | Rollback required | Test migrations | [TBD] |
| Monitoring gaps | Issue detection delay | Complete monitoring | [TBD] |
| Team availability | Deployment delay | Schedule confirmed | [TBD] |

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## Issue Tracking

### Resolved Issues (This Week)
- [#1] [Title] - RESOLVED
- [#2] [Title] - RESOLVED

### Outstanding Issues
- [#1] [Title] - PENDING - Owner: [TBD] - Due: [Date]
- [#2] [Title] - IN PROGRESS - Owner: [TBD] - Due: [Date]
- [#3] [Title] - BLOCKING - Owner: [TBD] - Due: [Date]

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## Success Criteria

### Code Quality
- [ ] Zero TypeScript errors
- [ ] Zero ESLint warnings in src/
- [ ] >90% test coverage
- [ ] All tests passing

### Security
- [ ] Zero critical vulnerabilities
- [ ] Zero high vulnerabilities
- [ ] All OWASP items addressed
- [ ] Security audit: PASS

### Performance
- [ ] Page load time <2s
- [ ] API response time <500ms (p95)
- [ ] Error rate <0.1% at normal load
- [ ] Load test: PASS (1000 concurrent users)

### Testing
- [ ] Unit tests: PASS
- [ ] Integration tests: PASS
- [ ] Component tests: PASS
- [ ] E2E tests: PASS
- [ ] Smoke tests: PASS

### Documentation
- [ ] User documentation: Complete
- [ ] Developer documentation: Complete
- [ ] API documentation: Complete
- [ ] Release notes: Complete
- [ ] Deployment guide: Complete

### Team Readiness
- [ ] Support team trained
- [ ] DevOps ready
- [ ] On-call team designated
- [ ] Communication plan ready

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## Release Plan Timeline

```
Week 1 (Jan 30 - Feb 1)
├── Day 1-2: Documentation creation ✓ (In Progress)
├── Day 2-3: Code quality validation
└── Day 3: Security audit kickoff

Week 2 (Feb 2 - Feb 8)
├── Day 1-2: Full test execution
├── Day 3-4: Security audit completion
├── Day 4-5: Load testing execution
└── Day 5: Regression testing

Week 3 (Feb 9 - Feb 15)
├── Day 1-2: Integration testing
├── Day 3-4: Staging deployment & testing
├── Day 5: Final sign-offs
└── Pending: Production deployment scheduling

Week 4+
└── Production deployment & monitoring
```

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## Contact & Escalation

| Role | Name | Email | Phone | Availability |
|------|------|-------|-------|--------------|
| Release Manager | [TBD] | [TBD] | [TBD] | TBD |
| Tech Lead | [TBD] | [TBD] | [TBD] | TBD |
| QA Lead | [TBD] | [TBD] | [TBD] | TBD |
| DevOps Lead | [TBD] | [TBD] | [TBD] | TBD |
| Security Lead | [TBD] | [TBD] | [TBD] | TBD |

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## Related Documentation

- [`PRODUCTION_RELEASE_GUIDE.md`](/PRODUCTION_RELEASE_GUIDE.md) - Comprehensive release checklist
- [`PRODUCTION_TESTING_GUIDE.md`](/PRODUCTION_TESTING_GUIDE.md) - Test procedures and execution
- [`DEPLOYMENT_GUIDE.md`](/DEPLOYMENT_GUIDE.md) - Deployment procedures and runbooks
- [`SECURITY_AUDIT_CHECKLIST.md`](/SECURITY_AUDIT_CHECKLIST.md) - Security validation
- [`LOAD_TESTING_GUIDE.md`](/LOAD_TESTING_GUIDE.md) - Performance and load testing

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## Summary

**Overall Release Readiness:** IN PROGRESS (15-25% complete)

**Key Milestones:**
- ✓ Documentation guides created (Jan 30)
- [ ] Code quality validation (Target: Jan 31)
- [ ] Security audit (Target: Feb 3)
- [ ] Load testing (Target: Feb 6)
- [ ] Regression testing (Target: Feb 7)
- [ ] Staging deployment (Target: Feb 8)
- [ ] Production deployment (TBD)

**Next Immediate Actions:**
1. Run code quality validation (`bun run type-check`, linting, tests)
2. Begin security audit
3. Schedule load testing
4. Assign owners to remaining tasks
5. Daily status meetings starting February 1

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**Document Prepared By:** Production Release Team
**Last Updated:** January 30, 2026
**Status:** Ready for Phase Execution
