Release template
A major launch plan for a large release with a public launch: full regression and load testing, a security review, published documentation, a trained support team, and an approved announcement.
Overview
A major launch is a release that people outside the engineering team are waiting for. Marketing, support, and customers all depend on the date, so the plan has to cover readiness beyond the code.
This template is the built-in Major launch template in Atlas. It creates a release of the Major type named after the year and its version, such as 2026 launch 3.0.0, bumps the major version from the latest released one, sets the target thirty days after the start, and plans deployments to Development, Staging, and Production.
Every one of its seven checks is required, so the release cannot be moved to Released while any of them is open, and sign-off requests show who has approved the launch and who has not.
What is included
Scope agreed and frozen, full regression and load tests passed, security review signed off, user documentation published, support team trained on the changes, rollback plan written and rehearsed, and launch announcement approved.
The major number is bumped from the latest released version, so 2.4.1 becomes 3.0.0.
The target date is set thirty days after the start, room for testing, documentation, and support training.
Planned deployments to Development, Staging, and Production.
Headings for Highlights, What is new, Improvements, Breaking changes, Upgrade guide, and Known issues.
How to use it
Use the template button on this page, or start a release at /releases/new and choose Major launch.
Adjust the start and target dates in the wizard. The wizard warns you when a moratorium falls on the target day.
Add the scope, then ask security, support, and marketing owners to sign off on the release.
Tick each check, record each deployment, publish the release notes, and move the release to Released.
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