Deployment Verification Evidence Checklist
A deployment command returning success is not the same as proving the intended release is live. Verify the deployed state, owner, version, and downstream effects before calling the release complete.
Verify the live owner
Confirm the exact service, Worker, application, route, or environment serving production traffic. This prevents a successful deployment to the wrong owner from being mistaken for a successful release.
Bind the live version
Record a version identifier, content hash, deployment ID, or another durable fingerprint that proves which candidate is active. Keep the preimage or rollback reference when the release can be reversed.
Check the critical path without manufacturing a transaction
Verify non-transactional public surfaces, configuration, and routing without creating fake orders, payments, or customer events. If the checkout or payment path must be tested, use a separately authorized test mechanism rather than contaminating production telemetry.
Reconcile downstream systems
Confirm telemetry, fulfillment readiness, attribution, and other dependent systems still point at the intended production owner. A release is not fully reconciled when the front end changed but the downstream truth still references the prior state.
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