Pre-requisites and process:

• GH Actions run python and cypress functional tests on PRs
• Deploy stage: manual, twice weekly, click to run regression tests, pre-reqs:
  • AAH-1219, AAH-1211
• Jira fixVersion process: manual, twice weekly, look at commit history and add all merged issues since previous cloud release
• Pre-prod deploy validation beyond regression tests, process:
  • Pause stage deploys and give QE 5 days (TBD) to give green light
    • Work through all items in “Ready for QA” for current cloud release
    • Manual test of syncing of the latest PAH z-stream versions against c.stage.rh.c
    • Manual ad-hoc testing of c.stage.rh.c UI
  • Schedule prod deploy 2 days after get green light
  • 48hr after prod deploy has no issues, resume twice weekly stage deploys
• Post prod deploy, process:
  • Manual update to Jira release - rename cloud release from “Next Cloud Release” to “cloud-YYYY-MM-DD”
  • Manual update to GH tags: “cloud-YYYY-MM-DD” for galaxy_ng & ansible-hub-ui