Release checklist

Hint: copy this template into a new issue to track the current release.

Documentation

• Write simplified release notes for FEC with instructions for review
• Update documentation in any relevant repo

Communciations

• Are there communications around this release from FEC?

Reviews

• review on staging
• File accessibility review request here(if needed)
• Verify all issues and pull requests marked "before release" are resolved

Deployment

• Rebuild the release candidate
• Tail logs
• Check CPU usage
• Do a quick check of stage to make sure it looks good
• Run update scripts in standalone app if necessary
  • Allocate additional resources for the database to help with the processing before starting if need be.
• Make sure local copies of master, develop, and release/[release name] branches are up-to-date.
• Checkout the release/[release name] branch.
• Run git flow release finish [release name]
• Run git push --follow-tags
• Confirm that the new api and/or cms app is up and running successfully.
• Test the site.

After release

• Review changes on production
• Alert #fec-partners of the successful release