Release Readiness

Pre-Release Checklist

1. All planned work completed or explicitly scoped out
2. Tests pass (/project:test-full)
3. No uncommitted changes
4. Migrations are idempotent (IF NOT EXISTS, DO $$...$$)
5. ENV_REFERENCE.md updated if new env vars
6. No secrets in diff (/project:secrets-scan)
7. Compose config validates
8. Rollback path documented
9. CHANGELOG.md updated

Risk Categories

Category	Check
Code	Untested changes, large diffs
Migration	New SQL, schema changes
Config	New env vars, compose changes
Rollback	Data migrations, one-way changes
Docs	Changes without updated docs

Verdict Options

• GO: All checks pass, risks mitigated
• CONDITIONAL-GO: Minor risks with documented mitigations
• NO-GO: Blocking issues exist, must resolve first