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Deployment Workflow

1) Prepare a Pull Request (PR)​

  • Create a feature branch from default branch (master or main)
  • Implement the required changes (code, configuration, or content)
  • Open a Pull Request into default branch
  • CI pipelines run automated checks (linting, tests, build, security)
  • Address review comments and ensure all checks pass

2) Merge to default branch → deploy to Staging​

  • Merge the approved PR into the default branch
  • A GitHub Actions workflow is triggered automatically on push to default branch
  • The workflow builds the application and deploys it to the staging environment
  • Perform functional testing, QA, smoke tests, and stakeholder validation on staging

3) Publish a GitHub Release → deploy to Production​

  • After successful validation on staging, open the prepared GitHub Release draft
  • Review and finalize the version number and release notes
  • Click Publish Release
  • Publishing the release triggers the production deployment workflow
  • The workflow builds the release artifact and deploys it to the production environment

Key principle​

  • Merging to default branch triggers deployment to staging
  • Publishing a GitHub Release triggers deployment to production