Suggest an editImprove this articleRefine the answer for “Describe the release process on your team.”. Your changes go to moderation before they’re published.Approval requiredContentWhat you’re changing🇺🇸EN🇺🇦UAPreviewTitle (EN)Short answer (EN)A team's release process is **a clear sequence of steps** that ensures a safe, predictable, and transparent rollout of a new product version. **Key point:** in modern IT teams that use CI/CD and feature flags, a release goes through preparation, testing, approval, deployment, and post-release.Shown above the full answer for quick recall.Answer (EN)ImageA team's release process is **a clear sequence of steps** that ensures a safe, predictable, and transparent rollout of a new product version. Here is how it is usually organized in modern IT teams that use CI/CD and feature flags: --- ### 1. Preparation and feature freeze - All tasks planned for the release are finished and tested in the `develop` branch. - New features are temporarily not accepted, to avoid breaking stability. - A release branch is created: ```javascript git checkout develop git checkout -b release/1.5.0 ``` --- ### 2. Testing and stabilization - The QA team tests the build in the staging environment: regression, smoke tests, performance, security. - Developers fix bugs found directly in the release branch. - Feature flags help turn features on and off to test them selectively. --- ### 3. Final check and approval - The Product Owner and QA confirm the release is ready ("Go/No Go"). - CI metrics are checked: all tests and pipelines must be green. - Release notes and documentation are prepared. --- ### 4. Deployment - DevOps triggers the release deployment through the CD pipeline. - The update is rolled out first to staging, then to production. - Logs and metrics are monitored (errors, performance, conversions). - If a failure happens: rollback, or disabling the problematic features through flags. --- ### 5. Post-release and feedback - The team analyzes the result: metrics, user behavior, bug reports. - If everything is stable, the release is marked as final. - The results are discussed at the retrospective, to improve the process going forward. --- ### Conclusion The release process is not just "putting out a new version", it is a **managed chain of checks, testing, and coordination** between Dev, QA, PO, and DevOps. The main goal is for every new version to **ship fast, safely, and without surprises for users**.For the reviewerNote to the moderator (optional)Visible only to the moderator. Helps review go faster.