Update Rollout Planner
The Update Rollout Planner coordinates framework upgrades, resource patches, and emergency fixes. Build a reliable release checklist that keeps staff aligned and players informed from staging to production.
Release pipeline highlights
- Environment gating – Track tasks for development, staging, and production independently.
- Dependency awareness – Flag required database migrations, asset bundles, and configuration toggles.
- Communication templates – Auto-generate Discord and forum announcements from your plan.
- Rollback playbooks – Store the exact steps to revert an update if the rollout fails.
Planning a release window
- Select the target branch or resource build you want to deploy.
- Choose a maintenance window that respects peak player hours.
- Assign ownership for QA, deployment, and monitoring steps.
- Attach verification scripts that must pass before the go/no-go decision.
window:
start: 2025-02-14T01:00:00Z
duration: 45m
checklist:
- name: "Announce downtime"
owner: "community-manager"
- name: "Run automated regression tests"
owner: "qa-team"
- name: "Apply database migrations"
owner: "devops"
- name: "Enable new job resources"
owner: "lead-dev"
rollback:
trigger: "metrics spike > 20%"
steps:
- "Restore latest backup via Automated Backup Manager"
- "Disable new features in config"
- "Post status update to Discord"
Coordinating teams
- Live timeline shows when each step starts and finishes with per-role notifications.
- Status badges make it obvious whether QA, deployment, or monitoring is waiting on action.
- Post-release survey captures lessons learned and stores them with the plan for the next iteration.
Best practices
- Link to the Resource Health Monitor dashboard to validate performance after deployment.
- Trigger an on-demand backup from the Automated Backup Manager before starting.
- Keep templates updated so critical communications can be issued in seconds.
Ship confidently with structured rollouts, predictable downtime, and clear rollback strategies.