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01DCP Flow: what it is and why it exists02How DCP Flow works03How to start a project04Kai and working with AI agents04AKai operational capabilities05Institutional Prompt Cookbook06Solution Discovery explained for humans07Architecture, stack, and technology ecosystem07ATool & MCP Registry07BHostinger MCP for DCP websites and hosting08Quality Gates, QA, security, and evidence08AQuality profiles and testing strategy09Git, branches, PRs, and multi-agent work10Deploy, release, support, and operational evolution10AContainer First and standardized host operations10BPractical Container First demo11How DCP Flow evolves12Real cases and lessons learned13How to teach DCP Flow14Practical DCP Flow use cases15End-to-end playbooks: Web and Laravel
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Entry 10PUBLIC HANDBOOK

Deploy, release, support, and operational evolution

Deploy ≠ Release; readiness, config/secrets, migrations, backup/recovery, rollback, Release Evidence, production, support, incidents, Operational Debt, and Runbooks.

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Public explanation

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Human Handbook 10 — Deploy, release, support, and operational evolution
Related normative sources
  • NORMATIVE SOURCEStandard · Quality Gates
  • NORMATIVE SOURCEStandard · Repository Governance
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Public explanation — NON-NORMATIVE
Summary

Deploy ≠ Release; readiness, config/secrets, migrations, backup/recovery, rollback, Release Evidence, production, support, incidents, Operational Debt, and Runbooks.

Deploy, release, support, maintenance, and upgrade are different activities. Separating them clarifies when a change is technically deployed, when it becomes available to users, and how it is operated afterward.

From deployment readiness to release

Before deployment, review configuration, secrets, migrations, backups, and recovery. Release adds Release Evidence, notes, and human judgment about activation or exposure.

Key points
  • Deployment Readiness.
  • Backup and recovery.
  • Rollback or Forward Fix.
  • Release Candidate and Release Evidence.

Continuous operations

Production requires support, maintenance, upgrades, Runbooks, and Operational Handoff. Incidents generate evidence and Post-Incident Review; Operational Debt is managed as a real engineering concern.

Key points
  • Support and Maintenance.
  • Upgrade and Deprecation/EOL.
  • Incident Response.
  • Operational Debt and Runbooks.

Reproducibility, configuration, and secrets

The server is not the source of truth. A system should be reconstructable from Git, documented configuration, and secrets managed outside the repository. Deployment Readiness reviews runtime, configuration, dependencies, migrations, persistence, observability, backups, and recovery before the real target is changed.

Key points
  • Git + documented configuration.
  • Secrets stay outside the repo.
  • Explicit environment and runtime.
  • Deployment Readiness before deployment.

Release Candidate and Release Evidence

A Release Candidate identifies a concrete version eligible for release. Release Evidence should connect SHA, artifact, Quality Gates, deployment readiness, migration/config notes, smoke/runtime validation, and human authorization. Deployment is a technical action; Release is a stable-delivery decision.

Key points
  • RC identified by SHA/artifact.
  • Smoke validation in the real environment.
  • Release Notes.
  • Human release decision.

Operations, incidents, and operational memory

After release come support, maintenance, upgrades, incidents, and Operational Debt. Runbooks and Operational Handoffs reduce dependence on individual memory. An incident is stabilized, understood, recovered, and verified before findings are promoted into Lessons Learned or DCP Flow changes.

Key points
  • Support / Maintenance / Upgrade.
  • Incident Response.
  • Post-Incident Review.
  • Runbook and Operational Handoff.
Contextual glossary＋
Deployment

Technical act of placing a version into an environment.

Release

Controlled decision to make a version available to users or production.

Rollback

Controlled return to a previous state when a delivery is unacceptable.

Operational Handoff

Explicit transfer of a system from delivery into operations and support.