gps-denied-onboard/.cursor/skills/release/templates/release-report.md

Release Report — {version} → {env}

• Date: {YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM} {timezone}
• Operator: {user}
• Strategy: {all-at-once | blue-green | canary | manual}
• Verdict: {Released | Released-with-override | Rolled-Back | Aborted}
• Verdict reason: {one-line summary}

Pre-Release Gate (Phase 1)

Acceptance Criteria

AC ID	Status	Evidence
AC-001	Met / Unmet	path:section, test report, etc.

Test Status

Suite	Pass	Fail	Skip	Source
Functional	N	N	N	_docs/03_implementation/{batch}.md
Performance	N	N	N	docs/06_metrics/perf*.md

Change Summary

Component	Tickets	Type
{component}	TKT-001, TKT-002	feature / fix / breaking / security

Rollback Plan

• Previous version: {previous-version} (registry digest: {sha})
• Rollback script: scripts/deploy.sh --rollback
• Rollback target verified pullable: yes / no
• Rollback target verified bootable in target env: yes / no

Restrictions / Approvals

• Change-window restrictions: {none | description}
• Manual approvals required: {none | reference to approval file}

Tracker State at Gate

• Tickets in scope: {N}
• Tickets blocking release: {0 — list any}

Strategy Select (Phase 2)

• Recommended: {strategy} — reasoning
• Chosen: {strategy} — reasoning (if differs from recommended)

Execute (Phase 3)

• Start: {timestamp}
• End: {timestamp}
• Exit code: {0 / non-zero}

<scripts/deploy.sh stdout/stderr stream, with timestamps>

Smoke Test (Phase 4)

• Mode: {/test-run --prod-smoke | manual smoke set}
• Start: {timestamp}
• End: {timestamp}

Test	Result	Notes
{name}	Pass / Fail	response time, status, etc.

Watch Window (Phase 5)

• Duration: {minutes}
• Cadence: {minutes per poll}
• Backend: {observability source — Prometheus, CloudWatch, Datadog, etc.}

T+min	error_rate	rps	p99_latency	saturation	health	notes
0	…	…	…	…	OK	…
1	…	…	…	…	OK	…
…	…	…	…	…	…	…

Threshold breaches

• {None | "p99 latency 1.7× baseline at T+8 — soft breach, user accepted continuation"}

Commit or Rollback (Phase 6)

If Released

• Tracker tickets moved: {list}
• Git tag pushed: {tag} → {sha}
• Retrospective scheduled: yes — {/retrospective --cycle-end output path}

If Rolled-Back

• Trigger: {auto / user-elected}
• Reason: {phase + one-line cause}
• Rollback start: {timestamp}
• Rollback end: {timestamp}
• Post-rollback smoke: pass / fail
• Tracker tickets moved back: {list}
• Incident retrospective scheduled: yes — {/retrospective --incident output path}

If Aborted

• Phase that aborted: {1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5}
• Reason: {one-line cause}
• No live-system changes attempted: yes / no (if live changes, document under Phase 3 above and treat as Rolled-Back instead)

Lessons (one-liners; full incident retro if Rolled-Back / Released-with-override)

• {Optional: short one-liner observations the operator wants the next /retrospective to consider}