Rollback Planning

Design safe rollback procedures for migration.

Migration Checklist

Rollback Procedures

• Define step-by-step revert instructions for each migration phase
• Verify rollback scripts restore previous state completely
• Ensure rollback can be performed without data loss
• Document estimated rollback time and required resources

Feature Flags & Toggles

• Implement feature flags to enable gradual rollout
• Verify flags can disable new behavior without redeployment
• Check that flag state is consistent across all services
• Ensure flag cleanup plan exists after migration completes

Rollback Triggers

• Define measurable criteria that trigger automatic rollback
• Set up monitoring alerts for error rate and latency spikes
• Establish clear escalation path when triggers are hit
• Verify rollback can be initiated both manually and automatically

Recovery Verification

• Validate system health after rollback execution
• Confirm data consistency between rolled-back components
• Run smoke tests to verify core functionality is restored
• Check that dependent systems are notified of rollback

Output Format

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