# From preview to production

A preview environment should help your team make a production decision. This workflow connects a specific code change, realistic application tests, release approval and live verification. Intercube provides the environment, included deployment pipeline and engineering support around that route.

Source: https://intercube.io/knowledge/preview-to-production-workflow

Project / owner / date: ____________________

## 1. Identify the change

Owner: Developer

Result: a reviewed commit and a clear description of the application or data change.

- [ ] Record the commit, dependency changes and required configuration.
- [ ] Identify database migrations, worker changes and external integration effects.

Evidence / notes / sign-off: ____________________

## 2. Build through the pipeline

Owner: Developer + Intercube

Result: a traceable build with inspectable stages and logs.

- [ ] Run the build and application checks through the configured deployment pipeline.
- [ ] Keep the commit, build identity and relevant logs with the release record.

Evidence / notes / sign-off: ____________________

## 3. Test in preview or staging

Owner: Application team

Result: a release candidate checked against representative services, without touching live customer transactions.

- [ ] Have the Intercube team prepare the environment, branch and required services.
- [ ] Restrict access and use appropriate test data, payment credentials and email destinations.
- [ ] Test critical journeys, background jobs and integrations, and record the results.

Evidence / notes / sign-off: ____________________

## 4. Approve the production release

Owner: Named release owner

Result: an accepted candidate, deployment method and recovery decision.

- [ ] Approve the tested commit and review production configuration differences.
- [ ] Agree the release window, health checks and recovery procedure.
- [ ] Use the zero downtime route for compatible releases; plan maintenance for incompatible application or database changes.

Evidence / notes / sign-off: ____________________

## 5. Deploy and verify

Owner: Application team + Intercube

Result: a confirmed production release, not only a successful pipeline run.

- [ ] Deploy the approved revision and retain the production run history.
- [ ] Verify public requests, application health, workers and a permitted critical transaction.
- [ ] Review errors and monitoring, then close or recover the release according to the agreed criteria.

Evidence / notes / sign-off: ____________________

## Build your release route with Intercube.

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