Release Coordinator¶

Overview and Purpose¶

The ReleaseCoordinator is the final orchestrator in the ConnectSoft AI Software Factory responsible for:

Promoting milestone-validated builds
Tagging and versioning deployable artifacts
Triggering CI/CD pipelines
Coordinating deployment into target environments
Emitting signed audit trails and changelog documentation

“The ReleaseCoordinator transforms trace-validated milestones into production-grade releases — traceable, testable, and ready to scale.”

🎯 Core Objectives¶

Objective	Description
✅ Connect Planning to Delivery	Bridge milestone validation to actual software deployment
🚀 Trigger CI/CD Actions	Push image tags, start release workflows, notify stakeholders
🏷️ Manage Versioning and Tags	Inject trace-aware version tags across all artifacts
📄 Emit Governance Outputs	Changelog, promotion records, release history
🔁 Support Manual Approvals	Handle gated environments or escalation approvals before deploy
🔐 Ensure Observability and Trace Linkage	All releases must map to sprint, milestone, and trace context

🧠 What It Does Not Do¶

The ReleaseCoordinator does not:

Build artifacts — that's handled by CI/CD runners
Validate milestones — that’s handled by the MilestoneLifecycleCoordinator
Deploy raw unvalidated code — only milestone-reached outputs are promoted

📦 Core Inputs¶

MilestoneReached event
promotion-trigger.yaml
milestone-status.json
Studio override signals (if applicable)

📤 Core Outputs¶

ReleaseTriggered and DeploymentStarted events
Git tags and Docker image labels (e.g., v1.0.0-mvp)
Artifact metadata annotations (Helm, manifests, etc.)
Signed changelog file and version lineage logs
Update to Studio Release Dashboard

📊 Why It Matters¶

Without the ReleaseCoordinator, the Factory would lack:

Governance of who, what, and when was released
A mechanism to bridge trace context to deployment
A repeatable, observable, and auditable release pipeline
Visibility into release history, rollback conditions, and deployment status

✅ Summary¶

The ReleaseCoordinator is the Factory’s delivery orchestrator — transforming successful milestone validation into traceable, production-ready deployments.

It ensures that every version shipped:

📦 Is scope-approved
🧪 Is QA-verified
🔗 Is trace-anchored
🧾 Is audit-ready

Position in the Factory Execution Flow¶

The ReleaseCoordinator operates at the final phase of the Factory delivery lifecycle, after milestone validation has been completed.
It is the orchestrator responsible for moving validated software from staging to release, and marking it with traceable metadata.

It is the “last mile” automation controller, ensuring safe, observable, and policy-aligned delivery to environments.

🧭 Placement in the Full Lifecycle¶

flowchart TD
    Vision --> Planning
    Planning --> MilestoneExecution
    MilestoneExecution --> MilestoneValidation
    MilestoneValidation -->|MilestoneReached| ReleaseCoordinator
    ReleaseCoordinator --> CI/CD
    ReleaseCoordinator --> Deployment
    ReleaseCoordinator --> StudioReleaseBoard
````

---

### 🔁 Upstream Dependencies

| Component                       | Role                                                                                 |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `MilestoneLifecycleCoordinator` | Emits `MilestoneReached` and provides `promotion-trigger.yaml`                       |
| `QAAgent`, `TestGeneratorAgent` | Supply validation metadata and test status in prior steps                            |
| `StudioUserAgent`               | May emit override if gated release requires approval                                 |
| `SprintExecutionCoordinator`    | Trace anchoring for all promoted artifacts via `trace_id`, `sprint_id`, `feature_id` |

---

### 🚦 Downstream Integrations

| Component             | Triggered Action                                      |
| --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| `PipelineGenerator`   | Starts version-tagged CI/CD pipeline                  |
| `ReleaseManagerAgent` | Coordinates multi-service rollout strategy            |
| `Studio`              | Updates milestone status, release audit timeline      |
| `NotificationAgent`   | Sends release success/failure reports                 |
| `ObservabilityAgent`  | Logs spans, metrics, and trace anchors for deployment |

---

### 📊 Timeline View

| Phase                     | Trigger Orchestrator                       |
| ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| Sprint Execution          | `SprintExecutionCoordinator`               |
| Milestone Verification    | `MilestoneLifecycleCoordinator`            |
| **Release Orchestration** | ✅ `ReleaseCoordinator`                     |
| Observability + Docs      | `DocumentationAgent`, `ObservabilityAgent` |

---

### 📦 Deployment Environment Awareness

The `ReleaseCoordinator` may coordinate:

* `staging`, `qa`, `production` targets
* Single-tenant vs. multi-tenant deployment batches
* Canary rollouts vs. blue-green strategies

Target information is included in `promotion-trigger.yaml` and controlled by config.

---

### ✅ Summary

The `ReleaseCoordinator` operates **after all validation has passed**, making it the first orchestrator responsible for:

* Pushing to production environments
* Tagging software artifacts with traceable versions
* Connecting milestone success to observable, auditable software delivery

It’s the **gate from milestone to market**.

---

## Responsibilities

The `ReleaseCoordinator` owns the final release orchestration cycle within the ConnectSoft AI Software Factory.  
It transforms **validated milestone outputs** into fully **versioned, traceable, and deployed software artifacts** — while managing approvals, failures, and observability.

---

### ✅ Core Responsibilities

| Responsibility                    | Description |
|-----------------------------------|-------------|
| **React to Milestone Promotion Triggers** | Listen for `MilestoneReached` or `MilestonePromotionTriggered` events |
| **Resolve Release Plan**         | Parse `promotion-trigger.yaml` to determine scope, targets, and versioning |
| **Tag Artifacts**                | Apply Git, Docker, Helm, and manifest tags tied to milestone ID and version |
| **Trigger CI/CD Pipelines**      | Coordinate build, deploy, or publishing steps |
| **Emit Governance Outputs**      | Generate release notes, changelog, and signed promotion reports |
| **Observe and Record Deployment Events** | Send structured span telemetry, metrics, and success/failure logs |
| **Coordinate Environment Rollout** | Staging → QA → Production via config or approval gates |

---

### 📘 Secondary Responsibilities

| Capability                       | Optional/Conditional |
|----------------------------------|-----------------------|
| Manual deployment approval       | ✅ If `manualPromotion: true` |
| Notification routing             | ✅ To Slack, Teams, email |
| Studio release board updates     | ✅ Real-time UI feedback |
| Rollback suggestion or triggers  | ✅ If release fails |
| Multi-service orchestration      | ✅ If multiple services grouped in same milestone |

---

### 📦 Required Inputs (Summarized)

| Input                            | Description |
|----------------------------------|-------------|
| `promotion-trigger.yaml`         | List of targets, environments, version tags |
| `milestone-status.json`          | Milestone context for trace |
| `trace_id`, `sprint_ids[]`       | Required for artifact observability |
| Optional: `approvalContext.json` | If deployment requires human confirmation |

---

### 📤 Main Outputs

| Output File / Event              | Purpose |
|----------------------------------|---------|
| `ReleaseTriggered`               | Start of deployment logic |
| `ReleaseCompleted`               | Marks success, sent to Studio |
| `ReleaseFailed`                  | Emitted if any CI/CD or deployment error occurs |
| `release-metadata.json`          | Structured file for tracking version, trace, sprint, and milestone |
| `release-notes.md`               | Markdown summary generated from changelog and trace info |

---

### 🧭 Traceability Anchoring

All release outputs are anchored to:

- `milestone_id`  
- `trace_id`  
- `version_tag`  
- `feature_id[]` (from sprint trace matrix)  
- `sprint_ids[]`

→ Enables full backtracking of release to planning blueprint and agent outputs.

---

### ✅ Summary

The `ReleaseCoordinator` is the **single point of control** for orchestrating:

- Versioned artifact promotion  
- CI/CD workflow execution  
- Governance signaling  
- Observability and rollback hooks

It is the Factory’s **release orchestrator**, linking validation to production deployment in a safe, visible, and automated way.

---

## Triggering Events

The `ReleaseCoordinator` is a reactive orchestrator.  
It listens for **milestone promotion signals** and responds by initiating versioned CI/CD workflows and deployment flows.

These events can come from automated flows (e.g., `MilestoneReached`) or manual approvals (e.g., `MilestoneOverrideRequested` or `StudioAction:ReleaseNow`).

---

### 📥 Events Consumed (Triggers)

| Event Name                 | Source                      | Description |
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------|
| `MilestoneReached`         | MilestoneLifecycleCoordinator | Emitted when all milestone gates pass |
| `MilestonePromotionTriggered` | MilestoneLifecycleCoordinator or Studio | Explicit request to promote a validated milestone |
| `StudioReleaseApproved`    | Studio governance user       | Manual signal to begin promotion for gated milestone |
| `ReleaseRetryRequested`    | Studio or pipeline system    | Retry previous failed promotion |
| `ManualReleaseRequested`   | Studio UI (non-milestone-based trigger) | Used in emergency or hotfix flows |

---

### 📂 Example: `MilestonePromotionTriggered`

```json
{
  "event": "MilestonePromotionTriggered",
  "milestone_id": "mvp-ready",
  "version_tag": "mvp-v1",
  "trace_id": "trace-xyz789",
  "targets": ["deploy-to-staging"],
  "status": "pending"
}
````

The coordinator then:

* Resolves target environments
* Tags artifacts
* Triggers configured CI/CD stages
* Records trace metadata

---

### 🧠 Event Validation Logic

When an event is received, the coordinator will validate:

* 🧾 That `milestone-status.json` exists and shows `status: reached`
* 🔖 That `version_tag` is unique and traceable
* 🎯 That promotion targets are defined (e.g., `deploy-to-staging`, `tag-git`)
* 🔐 That all approvals (if required) are satisfied

---

### 🔁 Optional Studio Triggers

| Trigger                 | Description                                                               |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `StudioReleaseApproved` | Approver allows promotion for gated milestone                             |
| `ReleaseRetryRequested` | Restart promotion after error                                             |
| `StudioHotfixPromotion` | Bypasses milestone and promotes predefined artifact (with full trace log) |

---

### 📤 Events Emitted by ReleaseCoordinator

| Event Name                      | Purpose                                                  |
| ------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| `ReleaseTriggered`              | Marks start of CI/CD and deployment                      |
| `ReleaseCompleted`              | CI/CD finished successfully                              |
| `ReleaseFailed`                 | Error during tagging, deploy, or post-release validation |
| `ReleaseRolledBack`             | Rollback completed after failure                         |
| `ReleaseAuditEmitted`           | Audit file written to Studio and storage                 |
| `ReleaseNotificationDispatched` | Message sent to teams or approvers                       |

---

### ✅ Summary

The `ReleaseCoordinator` is triggered by:

* 🟢 Automatic milestone progression
* 🧑 Studio approval or escalation
* 🔁 Retry or hotfix workflows

And in response, it controls the **entire delivery chain**, from artifact tagging to deployment and governance record emission.

---

## Inputs

To perform a successful, traceable release, the `ReleaseCoordinator` consumes a structured set of inputs.  
These include promotion requests, artifact metadata, version tags, trace anchors, and optional manual approvals.

All inputs are **declarative**, **trace-linked**, and validated before promotion begins.

---

### 📂 Primary Inputs

| Input File / Object             | Purpose |
|----------------------------------|---------|
| `promotion-trigger.yaml`         | Defines promotion targets, version tags, environments |
| `milestone-status.json`          | Confirms milestone is complete and provides trace context |
| `execution-metadata.json[]`      | Agent and artifact logs used for tagging and governance |
| `sprint-trace-matrix.json[]`     | Ensures coverage of features and trace validation for release |
| `qa-validation-report.md`        | Provides final test coverage percentages |
| `override-context.json` (optional) | Justifies manual promotion or hotfix execution |
| `version-resolver.yaml` (optional) | Defines how version should be computed, incremented, or enforced |

---

### 📘 Example: `promotion-trigger.yaml`

```yaml
milestone_id: mvp-ready
version_tag: mvp-v1
trace_id: trace-xyz-789
promotion_targets:
  - deploy-to-staging
  - tag-git: mvp-v1
  - notify: teams, email
manualApprovalRequired: false
signedBy: product-owner
````

---

### 🧠 Required Fields (Validated at Runtime)

| Field               | Description                                                      |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `milestone_id`      | Must match a milestone in status file and have `status: reached` |
| `version_tag`       | Must be globally unique (e.g., `v1.0.0`, `mvp-v1`)               |
| `trace_id`          | Must exist and match trace from milestone validation             |
| `promotion_targets` | Must contain at least one deploy or tagging action               |
| `signedBy`          | Required if `manualApprovalRequired = true`                      |

---

### 🔍 Optional Inputs

| Input File                   | Used For                                          |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| `release-customization.yaml` | Per-environment strategies (canary, blue-green)   |
| `release-doc-metadata.yaml`  | Controls how release notes are generated          |
| `git-repo-config.json`       | GitOps-compatible repo target and branch settings |
| `image-mapping.json`         | Maps component names to Docker image identifiers  |

---

### 📂 Example: `milestone-status.json`

```json
{
  "milestone_id": "mvp-ready",
  "version_tag": "mvp-v1",
  "trace_id": "trace-xyz-789",
  "status": "reached",
  "qa_coverage": 91.3,
  "sprints_contributing": ["sprint-1", "sprint-2"]
}

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→ Required before promotion can begin.

🧾 Approval Input (if gated)¶

{
  "approved_by": "qa-lead",
  "reason": "Regression passed and trace validated",
  "timestamp": "2025-05-14T16:21:00Z"
}

→ Logged in intervention-events.json and Studio release log.

✅ Summary¶

The ReleaseCoordinator uses:

📜 Structured YAML and JSON inputs
🔗 Trace-linked milestone metadata
🧑 Optional human-signed approvals
🧾 QA-validated coverage and test logs

This ensures every release starts with verifiable input, anchored to intent and outcome.

Outputs¶

The ReleaseCoordinator emits a complete set of outputs to:

Trigger CI/CD pipelines
Apply version tags
Generate release documentation
Record audit and trace metadata
Update the Factory's Studio dashboards

These outputs are structured, traceable, and automatically linked to milestone, sprint, and feature context.

📤 Event Outputs¶

Event	Description
`ReleaseTriggered`	Sent when CI/CD pipeline starts execution
`ReleaseCompleted`	Emitted on successful deployment or artifact promotion
`ReleaseFailed`	Emitted when any part of the promotion process fails
`ReleaseRolledBack`	Optional; triggered when automatic rollback is applied
`ReleaseAuditEmitted`	Indicates that signed changelog and metadata were generated
`ReleaseNotificationDispatched`	Sent to Slack/Teams/email upon release

📁 Artifact Outputs¶

File	Description
`release-metadata.json`	Main trace-linked summary of release
`release-notes.md`	Markdown changelog, auto-generated
`promotion-trigger-confirmed.yaml`	Mirror of trigger file with resolved fields
`signed-release-manifest.yaml`	Digitally signed summary of components, versions, agents
`deployment-span-log.json`	Observability trace logs of release pipeline stages
`intervention-events.json`	Manual approvals or overrides, if used

📘 Example: `release-metadata.json`¶

{
  "milestone_id": "mvp-ready",
  "version_tag": "mvp-v1",
  "trace_id": "trace-xyz-789",
  "released_at": "2025-05-14T17:15:00Z",
  "features": ["BookingFlow", "Notification.Send"],
  "sprint_ids": ["sprint-06", "sprint-07"],
  "qa_coverage": 91.3,
  "git_tag": "mvp-v1",
  "docker_images": ["booking-service:1.0.0-mvp", "notify:1.0.0-mvp"]
}
````

---

### 🧾 Example: `release-notes.md`

```markdown
# Release: MVP v1

**Milestone:** `mvp-ready`  
**Released On:** 2025-05-14  
**Trace ID:** trace-xyz-789  
**Version Tag:** mvp-v1

## Features Included
- ✅ BookingFlow
- ✅ Notification.Send

## QA Summary
- BookingFlow: 93.1%
- Notification.Send: 89.5%
- Overall: 91.3%

## Agent Contributors
- BackendDeveloperAgent
- TestGeneratorAgent
- QAAgent

## Linked Sprints
- sprint-06
- sprint-07

📊 Metrics Emitted¶

Metric Name	Description
`release_duration_seconds`	Time from trigger to completion
`release_success_total`	Cumulative successful promotions
`release_failure_total`	Failed promotion attempts
`release_rollback_total`	Rollbacks triggered
`release_manual_approval_total`	Releases that required human gate
`release_notification_sent_total`	Count of post-release alerts

✅ Summary¶

The ReleaseCoordinator produces:

📤 Events for automation
🧾 Artifacts for governance
🔖 Tags and metadata for versioning
📊 Observability and audit trails

All of these outputs are trace-linked, Studio-visible, and compliance-ready.

Collaborating Agents and Coordinators¶

The ReleaseCoordinator works alongside several agents and orchestrators to ensure that:

Only validated software is released
Artifact versioning is correctly applied
Deployment flows are traceable, observable, and reversible
Release events update Studio dashboards, audit logs, and stakeholder channels

🤝 Collaborating Coordinators¶

Coordinator	Role in Release
`MilestoneLifecycleCoordinator`	Emits `MilestoneReached`, `promotion-trigger.yaml`
`SprintExecutionCoordinator`	Provides trace context for features and artifacts
`PipelineGenerator`	Builds and releases tagged artifacts
`StudioUserAgent`	May issue `StudioReleaseApproved` if manual gate exists
`ObservabilityAgent`	Monitors CI/CD events, emits spans, updates dashboards

🤖 Collaborating Agents¶

Agent	Role
`ReleaseManagerAgent`	Oversees multi-service deployment, notifies platform teams
`DocumentationAgent`	Generates `release-notes.md`, changelogs, lineage reports
`NotificationAgent`	Sends out release events to Slack, Teams, or email
`SecurityEngineerAgent`	Validates signatures, encryption policies, and SBOMs if enforced
`QAAgent`	Reports final QA approval status per feature
`HumanApprovalEscalator`	Intervenes if approvals required or release blocked

🔁 Typical Collaboration Flow¶

sequenceDiagram
    MilestoneCoordinator->>ReleaseCoordinator: Emit MilestoneReached
    ReleaseCoordinator->>DocumentationAgent: Request release-notes.md
    ReleaseCoordinator->>PipelineGenerator: Trigger deploy pipeline
    PipelineGenerator-->>ReleaseCoordinator: Emit ReleaseCompleted
    ReleaseCoordinator->>NotificationAgent: Send Slack/Email Summary
    ReleaseCoordinator->>Studio: Update release dashboard
````

---

### 📦 Shared Files and Data

| Artifact                       | Shared With                             |
| ------------------------------ | --------------------------------------- |
| `promotion-trigger.yaml`       | All CI/CD and deploy targets            |
| `release-metadata.json`        | Studio, auditors, observability systems |
| `release-notes.md`             | Docs portal, stakeholders               |
| `deployment-span-log.json`     | Observability dashboards                |
| `signed-release-manifest.yaml` | Security, compliance agents             |

---

### 🧠 Trace Anchoring

Each collaborating agent uses:

* `milestone_id`
* `version_tag`
* `trace_id`
* `sprint_ids`
* `features[]`

→ Enables end-to-end traceability from planning through deployment.

---

### ✅ Summary

The `ReleaseCoordinator` collaborates with:

* 📦 Execution orchestrators (for trace and milestone inputs)
* 🧠 Governance and documentation agents (for output reports)
* 🚀 CI/CD systems (for artifact delivery)
* 🔔 Studio and observability agents (for visibility)

It ensures releases are **complete, compliant, and coordinated** across the entire platform.

---

## System Prompt

While the `ReleaseCoordinator` primarily emits events and executes workflows, it also leverages **Semantic Kernel-based prompts** to activate support agents responsible for:

- Generating release documentation  
- Summarizing changelogs  
- Explaining trace lineage  
- Justifying manual approvals  
- Annotating releases for audit systems

These prompts include **full trace and milestone context**, ensuring consistent and governed release outputs.

---

### 🧠 Prompt Structure for Agents

```text
You are assisting with the release of a validated milestone in the ConnectSoft AI Software Factory.

Context:
- milestone_id: {{milestone_id}}
- version_tag: {{version_tag}}
- trace_id: {{trace_id}}
- released_at: {{timestamp}}
- features: {{features}}
- qa_coverage: {{qa_coverage}}%
- sprints_contributing: {{sprint_ids}}

Your task:
- Summarize the release into a Markdown changelog
- Include QA summary, feature list, trace ID, and agent contributors
- Format the result for inclusion in `release-notes.md`
````

---

### 📘 Example Prompt to `DocumentationAgent`

```text
Generate a formal release note for:
- Milestone: `mvp-ready`
- Version: `mvp-v1`
- Trace ID: `trace-xyz-789`
- Released On: 2025-05-14
- Features: BookingFlow, Notification.Send
- QA Coverage: 91.3%
- Agents: BackendDeveloperAgent, QAAgent, TestGeneratorAgent
- Linked Sprints: sprint-06, sprint-07

Please provide a Markdown file with standard changelog structure and trace metadata footer.

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🔧 Prompt-Activated Skills¶

Skill Name	Role
`ReleaseSummarySkill`	Produces `release-notes.md`
`ReleaseAuditSkill`	Emits `release-metadata.json`
`NotificationFormatterSkill`	Creates Slack/Email summaries
`VersionAnnotationSkill`	Applies labels and tags to artifacts
`ManualApprovalFormatter`	Explains manual justifications in trace logs

📤 Sample Output (Markdown)¶

# Release: MVP v1

- **Milestone:** mvp-ready  
- **Released On:** 2025-05-14  
- **Trace ID:** trace-xyz-789  
- **Version Tag:** mvp-v1  

## ✅ Features Released
- BookingFlow
- Notification.Send

## 🧪 QA Summary
- Coverage: 91.3%

## 👥 Agents Involved
- BackendDeveloperAgent
- QAAgent
- TestGeneratorAgent

## 📦 Linked Sprints
- sprint-06
- sprint-07

---
*Traceable via ConnectSoft Studio — Release ID: mvp-v1*

📁 Generated Artifacts from Prompt Execution¶

File	Description
`release-notes.md`	Used in docs portal, email, CI/CD
`release-summary.json`	Machine-readable version of the changelog
`release-description.txt`	One-liner for tagging artifacts or Git
`signed-release-metadata.yaml`	Digitally signed by platform

✅ Summary¶

System prompts enable the ReleaseCoordinator to:

📜 Generate consistent, trace-aware documentation
🔔 Prepare rich, human-readable notifications
🧾 Anchor every release to an audit trail

This ensures that every release speaks for itself — clearly, traceably, and automatically.

Execution Flow (Steps)¶

The ReleaseCoordinator follows a structured, traceable process from receiving a promotion request to completing deployment and documentation.

Its flow ensures that every release is:

✅ Verified against milestone and trace inputs
🔁 Executed across CI/CD and tagging systems
📄 Documented and observable
🔐 Governed with audit logs and optional approvals

🔁 Step-by-Step Execution Flow¶

1. Receive Trigger¶

Listens for: MilestoneReached, MilestonePromotionTriggered, or StudioReleaseApproved
Validates inputs: milestone ID, version tag, trace ID, promotion targets

2. Initialize Release Context¶

Load milestone-status.json, promotion-trigger.yaml, qa-validation-report.md
Validate all fields and compute deployment manifest

3. Resolve Promotion Targets¶

Identify: Git tags, Docker image versions, Helm values, deployment environments
Optional: Fetch release-customization.yaml if canary or blue-green needed

4. Generate Documentation¶

Trigger:
- ReleaseSummarySkill → release-notes.md
- ReleaseAuditSkill → release-metadata.json
Emit to Studio and storage

5. Tag Artifacts¶

Git tag commit using version_tag
Docker image(s): <service>:1.0.0-{{milestone_id}}
Helm/chart values updated with trace and version

6. Trigger CI/CD Pipelines¶

Send command to PipelineGenerator or GitHub/Azure pipeline
Wait for confirmation or failure events
Log spans to observability layer

7. Emit Post-Release Events¶

ReleaseCompleted, ReleaseFailed, or ReleaseRolledBack
ReleaseNotificationDispatched
Update Studio dashboards and changelogs

8. Finalize and Archive¶

Persist:
- release-metadata.json
- deployment-span-log.json
- signed-release-manifest.yaml
Notify governance or compliance hooks if required

📂 Files Written per Step¶

Step	Artifacts
2	`promotion-trigger-confirmed.yaml`
4	`release-notes.md`, `release-summary.json`
6	`deployment-span-log.json`
8	`release-metadata.json`, `signed-release-manifest.yaml`

🔁 FSM Transitions (Logical)¶

stateDiagram-v2
    [*] --> Pending
    Pending --> Tagging: InputsValidated
    Tagging --> Deploying: ArtifactsTagged
    Deploying --> Documenting: CI/CDConfirmed
    Documenting --> Completed: DocumentationGenerated
    Deploying --> Failed: DeploymentError
    Failed --> RolledBack: RollbackTriggered
    Completed --> [*]
````

---

### 🧠 Execution Characteristics

| Capability                  | Supported |
| --------------------------- | --------- |
| Parallel service rollout    | ✅         |
| Rollback support            | ✅         |
| Approval gating             | ✅         |
| Multi-environment deploy    | ✅         |
| Trace-first release tagging | ✅         |

---

### ✅ Summary

The `ReleaseCoordinator` executes a **safe, observable, and repeatable delivery process**, driven by:

* 🚦 Milestone and QA validation
* 📦 Traceable artifact promotion
* 🧾 Structured documentation
* 🔁 Fail-safe rollback handling

---

## Execution Flow (Diagram)

This section visualizes the `ReleaseCoordinator`’s flow through Mermaid diagrams to show:

- How it moves from promotion request to deployment  
- State transitions through its internal lifecycle  
- How it interacts with other orchestrators, agents, and systems

---

### 🧬 Sequence Diagram: End-to-End Release

```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
    participant Milestone as MilestoneCoordinator
    participant Release as ReleaseCoordinator
    participant Docs as DocumentationAgent
    participant CI as PipelineGenerator
    participant Studio as StudioDashboard
    participant Notify as NotificationAgent

    Milestone->>Release: Emit MilestonePromotionTriggered
    Release->>Release: Validate inputs + version
    Release->>Docs: Generate release-notes.md
    Release->>CI: Trigger CI/CD pipeline
    CI-->>Release: Emit ReleaseCompleted
    Release->>Notify: Send release summary
    Release->>Studio: Update release dashboard
````

---

### 🔁 FSM State Diagram

```mermaid
stateDiagram-v2
    [*] --> Pending
    Pending --> Tagging: PromotionTriggerReceived
    Tagging --> Deploying: ArtifactsTagged
    Deploying --> Documenting: CI/CDSuccess
    Documenting --> Completed: DocsGenerated
    Deploying --> Failed: CI/CDOrDeployError
    Failed --> RolledBack: RollbackTriggered
    RolledBack --> [*]
    Completed --> [*]

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📊 Promotion Trigger to CI/CD Flow¶

flowchart TD
    A[MilestoneReached] --> B[Promotion Triggered]
    B --> C[ReleaseCoordinator Resolves Targets]
    C --> D[Tag Git / Docker]
    D --> E[Trigger CI/CD Pipeline]
    E --> F{CI/CD Status}
    F -->|Success| G[Generate release-notes.md]
    F -->|Failure| H[Emit ReleaseFailed + Retry]
    G --> I[ReleaseCompleted + Audit Log]

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📎 Deployment Metadata Anchoring¶

All steps attach or consume trace-linked fields:

milestone_id
version_tag
trace_id
sprint_ids
features[]
release_timestamp

🧠 Coordinated System View¶

Phase	Responsibility
Plan & Validate	`MilestoneLifecycleCoordinator`
Tag & Deploy	✅ `ReleaseCoordinator`
Notify & Audit	`DocumentationAgent`, `Studio`, `ObservabilityAgent`

✅ Summary¶

The diagrams above show how the ReleaseCoordinator:

🎯 Activates from milestone success
🚀 Drives versioned deployment
🧾 Emits artifacts, logs, and changelogs
🔁 Handles failure and rollback cleanly

This FSM and sequence flow represent the Factory’s release lifecycle in one governed automation path.

Artifact Versioning Logic¶

A core responsibility of the ReleaseCoordinator is to ensure that all promoted artifacts — code, containers, manifests, and changelogs — are versioned consistently and traceably.

This versioning is trace-bound to milestones, sprints, and features, allowing anyone to answer:

“Where did this deployed version come from, and what was validated?”

🏷️ Key Versioning Concepts¶

Term	Description
`version_tag`	The official version label (e.g., `v1.0.0`, `mvp-v1`) for milestone
`trace_id`	Global execution trace used in CI/CD tagging and logs
`milestone_id`	Used to contextualize tags (e.g., `booking-service:1.0.0-mvp-ready`)
`sprint_ids[]`	Help track all contributing sources
`artifact_id`	Git repo, Docker image, Helm chart name, etc.

📘 Example Version Tags¶

Artifact	Tag
Git commit	`v1.0.0` or `milestone:mvp-ready`
Docker image	`booking-service:1.0.0-mvp-v1`
Helm chart version	`1.0.0+trace-xyz-789`
GitHub/GitLab Release	`mvp-v1`
API Version header	`X-Version: v1.0.0`

🧠 Version Derivation Logic¶

Source	Rule
`promotion-trigger.yaml.version_tag`	Preferred if defined
`milestones.yaml.versionTag`	Fallback if promotion doesn’t specify
`auto-increment` (configurable)	If `ReleaseCoordinator` is configured to calculate next version
`SemVer`, `milestone-name`, or `date-based`	Supported styles (`v1.2.3`, `mvp-v2`, `2025.05.14`)

→ A version-resolver.yaml can enforce org-wide rules.

📂 Example: `version-resolver.yaml`¶

strategy: milestone-based
prefix: v
suffix: -mvp
format: semver
autoIncrement: patch
fallback: date-tag
````

→ Would generate: `v1.0.4-mvp` on next release from the same milestone.

---

### 📦 Tag Application Locations

| System / File             | Tagging Point                         |
| ------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| Git                       | Commit tags with `version_tag`        |
| Docker                    | Image: `service-name:version_tag`     |
| Helm chart / k8s manifest | `app.kubernetes.io/version`           |
| CI/CD pipeline labels     | Annotated during deploy               |
| Release Notes             | Frontmatter + changelog section       |
| `release-metadata.json`   | Core reference for downstream systems |

---

### 🔍 Studio Version History View

Every version is shown with:

* 🆔 Milestone ID
* 🏷️ Tag
* 📦 Artifacts included
* ⏱️ Timestamp
* 🧪 QA metrics
* 🔗 Trace and agent contributors

---

### ✅ Summary

The `ReleaseCoordinator` governs versioning by:

* Using trace-aware, milestone-derived tags
* Enforcing consistent tagging across all artifact types
* Documenting and exposing all versions through Studio and metadata

This ensures that **every version is linked, labeled, and governed** — no surprises in production.

---

## Plugin and Skills Used (Semantic Kernel)

While the `ReleaseCoordinator` executes automation flows and emits events, it also relies on **Semantic Kernel skills and plugins** to generate structured, intelligent release outputs.

These skills ensure that every release is:
- 🧾 Fully documented
- 🔗 Trace-anchored
- 🔔 Notified to stakeholders
- 🧠 Intelligently summarized for governance

---

### 🧠 Key Skills Used

| Skill Name                  | Purpose |
|-----------------------------|---------|
| `ReleaseSummarySkill`       | Generates the full `release-notes.md` from trace and milestone context |
| `ReleaseAuditSkill`         | Produces `release-metadata.json`, including version, trace, sprint, and QA data |
| `NotificationFormatterSkill`| Creates human-readable Slack, Teams, or email messages |
| `VersionAnnotationSkill`    | Adds contextual labels to Git commits, Docker images, manifests |
| `ApprovalContextSkill`      | Formats justification records for manual gates or security sign-off |
| `RollbackAnalysisSkill`     | Summarizes cause of failed release and rollback resolution suggestions |

---

### 📘 Sample Prompt to `ReleaseSummarySkill`

```json
{
  "milestone_id": "mvp-ready",
  "version_tag": "mvp-v1",
  "trace_id": "trace-xyz-789",
  "released_at": "2025-05-14T17:12:00Z",
  "qa_coverage": 91.3,
  "features": ["BookingFlow", "Notification.Send"],
  "agents": ["BackendDeveloperAgent", "QAAgent"],
  "sprint_ids": ["sprint-06", "sprint-07"]
}
````

Produces:

* `release-notes.md`
* `release-summary.json`
* `release-description.txt`

---

### 📂 Skill Outputs and Targets

| Output File                    | Skill Source                           |
| ------------------------------ | -------------------------------------- |
| `release-notes.md`             | `ReleaseSummarySkill`                  |
| `release-summary.json`         | `ReleaseAuditSkill`                    |
| `release-description.txt`      | `NotificationFormatterSkill`           |
| `signed-release-manifest.yaml` | `ReleaseAuditSkill` + crypto extension |
| `release-slack-message.json`   | `NotificationFormatterSkill`           |

---

### 🔗 Trace Propagation in Skills

All skills receive:

* `trace_id`
* `version_tag`
* `milestone_id`
* `sprint_ids[]`
* `features[]`
* `qa_coverage`
* `timestamp`
* `agents[]`

→ Ensures consistent formatting and reproducible documents.

---

### 🔧 Configurable Skill Parameters

Via `release-skills-config.yaml`:

```yaml
notifications:
  format: markdown
  channels: [slack, email]
summary:
  includeAgentTable: true
  testCoverageGraph: true
audit:
  signManifest: true
  redactSensitiveValues: true

✅ Summary¶

The ReleaseCoordinator uses Semantic Kernel plugins to:

📜 Write structured documentation
🔐 Generate signed metadata
🔔 Notify stakeholders
🧠 Format governance outputs

All skill usage is traceable, pluggable, and Studio-visible, reinforcing transparency and automation in every release.

Manual Approval and Deployment Gates¶

The ReleaseCoordinator includes robust support for human-in-the-loop approvals and policy-controlled release gates.
This allows teams to safely combine autonomous delivery with necessary compliance and governance checkpoints.

🧑‍💼 When Manual Approval Is Required¶

Condition	Trigger
`manualApprovalRequired: true` in `promotion-trigger.yaml`	Blocks release until Studio user approves
Milestone tagged with `gatedRelease: true`	Coordinator pauses execution
Promotion to production environment	May require `StudioReleaseApproved` from authorized role
Feature flagged as “regulated” or “sensitive”	Approval context file required
Approval role defined in `milestones.yaml` or org policy	Checked against current user role

📂 Example: `promotion-trigger.yaml`¶

milestone_id: mvp-ready
version_tag: mvp-v1
manualApprovalRequired: true
approvalRoles:
  - qa-lead
  - product-owner
promotion_targets:
  - deploy-to-production
````

---

### 🔑 Approval Flow

1. Coordinator enters `PausedForApproval` state
1. Emits `ReleaseApprovalRequested` event
1. Studio presents prompt with justification request
1. User with allowed role emits `StudioReleaseApproved`
1. Coordinator resumes with `ReleaseTriggered`

---

### 📘 Sample `approval-context.json`

```json
{
  "approved_by": "qa-lead",
  "reason": "All regression tests passed. No critical issues in release trace.",
  "timestamp": "2025-05-14T16:58:00Z"
}

→ Stored in:

intervention-events.json
release-metadata.json
Studio release audit timeline

🛑 Blocked Promotion Message in Studio¶

🛑 Release pending manual approval

Milestone: mvp-ready  
Version: mvp-v1  
Requested by: ReleaseCoordinator  
Reason: Gated promotion policy active for production

✅ Approve | 📝 Add Justification | 🔁 Retry | ❌ Cancel

🧠 Deployment Gate Types Supported¶

Gate Type	Description
`qaCoverageAbove`	Gate enforced at milestone level, verified before promotion
`manualApprovalRequired`	Gate enforced at promotion step
`securityChecksPassed`	Optional gate using `SecurityEngineerAgent` validation
`canaryValidationPassed`	Gate that awaits live traffic test signals before full deploy
`externalSystemSignal`	e.g., from PagerDuty, Incident Response, Business Owner tools

🔐 Role-Based Approval Policies¶

Role	Approval Power
`qa-lead`	Final QA approval for regulated features
`product-owner`	General release promotion
`compliance-officer`	Required for signed trace or SBOM exports
`platform-admin`	Emergency override capability

Defined in:

milestones.yaml
release-policy.yaml
Studio configuration

✅ Summary¶

The ReleaseCoordinator supports:

✅ Policy-bound human approvals
🔐 Gated production deployments
📜 Justification and audit logs
🧾 Role-based escalation and override

This enables safe, governed delivery across regulated and multi-tenant environments.

Observability and Deployment Traces¶

The ReleaseCoordinator emits full observability signals throughout the release lifecycle.
These traces allow platform operators, auditors, and agents to:

Monitor each step of the release
Link every action to its trace, version, milestone, and feature
Debug failures and slowdowns
Generate time-to-release and success metrics
Anchor deployment history to CI/CD, Git, and runtime systems

🧵 Core Trace Fields (Attached to Every Span)¶

Field	Description
`trace_id`	Root anchor shared across sprints, milestones, and releases
`milestone_id`	Logical milestone this release comes from
`version_tag`	Semantic tag (e.g., `v1.0.0`, `mvp-v1`)
`sprint_ids[]`	Contributing sprints to the release
`feature_ids[]`	Features included in this release
`agent_ids[]`	All agents contributing traceable artifacts
`release_status`	`triggered`, `completed`, `failed`, `rolled_back`

📊 Metrics Emitted¶

Metric Name	Description
`release_duration_seconds`	Time from trigger to completion
`release_success_total`	Count of successful releases
`release_failure_total`	Count of failed promotions
`release_rollback_total`	Count of triggered rollbacks
`release_manual_approval_total`	Releases requiring human approval
`release_notification_sent_total`	Count of downstream alerts sent

Pushed to: - Prometheus / Grafana
- Azure Monitor / Application Insights
- OpenTelemetry pipelines

📂 Span Names¶

Span Name	Triggered During
`ReleaseCoordinator.ResolveInputs`	On promotion trigger
`ReleaseCoordinator.TagArtifacts`	Git/Docker tagging
`ReleaseCoordinator.TriggerCI`	Start CI/CD
`ReleaseCoordinator.GenerateDocs`	Generate `release-notes.md`
`ReleaseCoordinator.EmitAudit`	Generate metadata and sign
`ReleaseCoordinator.NotifyTeams`	Send notifications
`ReleaseCoordinator.RollbackFlow`	If pipeline or deploy fails

📁 Observability Output Artifacts¶

File Name	Contents
`deployment-span-log.json`	Spans + trace IDs + timestamps
`release-telemetry.json`	Metrics snapshot post-release
`release-status-span.yaml`	Annotated status + outcome + environment
`release-history.csv`	Historical view of past releases with timestamps and success states

🧠 Trace Path Example¶

Studio → Milestone → Sprint → Agent → Code Artifact → Test → Commit → Docker Tag → CI/CD Run → Deployment Span

All of the above are queryable via:

Studio Release Dashboard
Trace Explorer
CLI or API audit endpoints

🔗 Linkage in CI/CD Pipelines¶

# Azure DevOps Example
variables:
  trace_id: $(RELEASE_TRACE_ID)
  milestone: $(MILESTONE_ID)
  version_tag: $(VERSION_TAG)

steps:
  - task: Docker@2
    inputs:
      tags: |
        $(version_tag)
        trace:$(trace_id)
        milestone:$(milestone)
````

---

### ✅ Summary

Observability is core to the `ReleaseCoordinator`.
It enables **real-time visibility**, **forensic debugging**, and **governed deployment pipelines** — all anchored to Factory trace context.

Every action is measurable, auditable, and **explainable by design**.

---

## Configuration Options

The `ReleaseCoordinator` supports a range of configuration options to tailor how releases are:

- Approved  
- Tagged  
- Promoted to environments  
- Rolled back upon failure  
- Annotated for traceability

Configurations can be defined globally, per milestone, or dynamically injected via Studio or `promotion-trigger.yaml`.

---

### ⚙️ Global Configuration Example (`orchestration-config.yaml`)

```yaml
ReleaseCoordinator:
  autoTagGit: true
  autoTagDocker: true
  emitReleaseNotes: true
  emitSignedManifest: true
  autoRollbackOnFailure: true
  notifyChannels:
    - slack
    - email
  defaultEnvironment: staging
  requireManualApprovalFor: 
    - production
  versionStrategy: milestone-based
  maxRetries: 2
````

---

### 🧩 Per-Milestone Overrides (`milestones.yaml`)

```yaml
milestones:
  - id: mvp-ready
    autoPromotion: true
    versionTag: mvp-v1
    environments:
      - staging
      - qa
    manualApprovalRequired: false
    emitSignedManifest: true

🔧 Dynamic Configuration Fields (in `promotion-trigger.yaml`)¶

Field	Description
`version_tag`	Optional override of default version
`manualApprovalRequired`	Forces pause until approved
`notifyChannels`	Slack, Teams, Email
`releaseDocumentationStyle`	`markdown`, `pdf`, `json`
`rollbackEnabled`	Enables rollback step on failure
`signedBy`	Indicates human signer for gated promotion
`customDeployStrategy`	Canary, blue-green, batch

🛠 Supported Versioning Strategies¶

Defined via release-version-strategy.yaml:

Strategy Name	Description
`milestone-based`	`v1.0.0-mvp` or `mvp-v1`
`semver-auto`	Auto-increments major, minor, patch
`date-tag`	`2025.05.14` format
`git-commit-hash`	Hash-based tag with trace link
`composite`	Combines milestone + sprint + date

🔐 Role-Based Control in Configuration¶

approvalRoles:
  production:
    - platform-admin
    - qa-lead
  staging:
    - devops-engineer

🧭 Target Environments¶

Configured for each release type:

Environment	Configurable Options
`staging`	Auto-promotion, rollback enabled
`qa`	Manual signoff, test report upload
`production`	Approval required, full audit signed

📁 Configuration File Hierarchy¶

File	Purpose
`orchestration-config.yaml`	Global settings
`release-policy.yaml`	Manual approval rules
`version-resolver.yaml`	Tag formatting strategy
`milestones.yaml`	Overrides per milestone
`promotion-trigger.yaml`	Runtime inputs
`studio-release-settings.json`	UI-configurable release behavior

✅ Summary¶

The ReleaseCoordinator is highly configurable to support:

🎛️ Auto or manual release governance
🏷️ Flexible version tagging
🚦 Role- and environment-based gating
📤 Selective documentation, rollback, and notification policies

Configurations ensure the release process is both standardized and adaptable.

Error Handling and Rollback Paths¶

The ReleaseCoordinator includes built-in mechanisms to detect failures, retry promotions, and — if configured — trigger rollback flows.

This ensures that releases are: - 🔁 Resilient to infrastructure or pipeline errors
- 🧯 Reversible in the face of critical issues
- 🧠 Transparent for Studio and audit logs

🔥 Common Error Scenarios¶

Scenario	Action Taken
CI/CD pipeline failure	Emits `ReleaseFailed`, retries if configured
Git tag creation error	Logs and retries with backoff
Docker tag push failure	Logs, retries, escalates to `ReleaseRolledBack`
Documentation generation failure	Skips doc output, warns user
Approval timeout (manual gate)	Aborts after timeout, emits `ReleaseAborted`
Canary or live validation fail	Triggers rollback if allowed

🔁 Retry Behavior¶

Operation	Retries	Configurable?
Git tagging	✅ Yes	`maxRetries`
Docker push	✅ Yes	`maxRetries`
CI/CD pipeline trigger	✅ Yes	`retryOnFailure`
Documentation generation	⚠️ Partial	Skip allowed
Notification dispatch	✅ Yes	Silent retry

Retry attempts are logged to: - release-metadata.json - deployment-span-log.json - Prometheus metrics (release_retry_count)

🧯 Rollback Triggers¶

Condition	Rollback Enabled
CI/CD deploy stage fails	✅ If `rollbackEnabled = true`
Service health check fails post-deploy	✅ If integrated
Canary errors exceed threshold	✅ With `release-strategy: canary`
Manual `StudioRollbackTriggered`	✅ Always supported manually

📘 Rollback Flow¶

stateDiagram-v2
    Deploying --> Failed: CIError or TraceInvalid
    Failed --> RolledBack: rollbackEnabled = true
    RolledBack --> Completed: RecoverySuccess
    Failed --> [*]: if rollback disabled
````

---

### 📁 Rollback Metadata

| File                        | Description                                              |
| --------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| `rollback-plan.yaml`        | Snapshot of what was reverted (images, versions, charts) |
| `release-rollback-log.json` | Events, spans, status of rollback                        |
| `rollback-notification.txt` | Sent to ops/dev channels                                 |

---

### 📊 Studio Alerting

If a failure or rollback is triggered:

* 🔴 Red status on Release Dashboard
* 📋 View of failed step and logs
* 🟡 Manual “Retry Promotion” or “View Rollback Plan” options

---

### ✅ Summary

The `ReleaseCoordinator` ensures safe delivery through:

* 🔁 Automatic retries
* 🧯 Configurable rollback flows
* 🔍 Transparent error logs
* 📊 Studio status updates and observability spans

Failures become **visible, recoverable, and traceable** — not release blockers.

---

## Integration with CI/CD Systems

The `ReleaseCoordinator` seamlessly integrates with enterprise CI/CD platforms to execute traceable, versioned deployments.  
It acts as the **release trigger and metadata provider**, passing all validated promotion details into your pipelines.

Supported systems include:
- ✅ Azure DevOps
- ✅ GitHub Actions
- ✅ GitLab CI/CD
- ✅ Jenkins
- ✅ ArgoCD (via GitOps push)

---

### 🧪 CI/CD Responsibilities

| Task                          | Description |
|-------------------------------|-------------|
| Build and tag images          | Pull version_tag and milestone info |
| Run final tests or validations| Use `qa-validation-report.md` and `trace_id` |
| Push to artifact registries   | Registry tagging aligned with sprint/milestone |
| Deploy to target environments | Staging, QA, Production |
| Emit CI trace spans/logs      | Forward to OpenTelemetry pipelines |
| Notify `ReleaseCoordinator`   | Emit `ReleaseCompleted` or `ReleaseFailed` |

---

### 🧬 Metadata Injected Into Pipelines

```yaml
variables:
  milestone_id: mvp-ready
  version_tag: mvp-v1
  trace_id: trace-xyz-789
  sprint_ids: sprint-06,sprint-07
  qa_coverage: 91.3
  release_approved_by: qa-lead
````

Used for:

* Pipeline naming and traceability
* Docker tag versioning
* Changelog rendering
* Observability and Studio status

---

### 📂 Artifacts Handled

| Artifact                       | Used In                                             |
| ------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------- |
| `promotion-trigger.yaml`       | Entry point into pipeline                           |
| `release-notes.md`             | Injected into publish step or docs portal           |
| `release-description.txt`      | Used as commit or release description               |
| `signed-release-manifest.yaml` | Published to registry or GitOps repo                |
| `deployment-span-log.json`     | Forwarded into observability agent or Grafana Tempo |

---

### 🔧 Example: Azure DevOps Release Stage

```yaml
- stage: Deploy_Staging
  dependsOn: Build
  condition: succeeded()
  jobs:
    - job: DeployBookingService
      steps:
        - script: |
            echo "Deploying version $(version_tag) from milestone $(milestone_id)"
            kubectl apply -f helm/booking/values-$(version_tag).yaml

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🚀 GitOps Integration (ArgoCD / Flux)¶

If ReleaseCoordinator is configured for GitOps:

Pushes tagged values.yaml or manifest into deployment repo
Pull-based CD tools (e.g., Argo) detect and deploy
Annotates commit with:
version_tag
trace_id
sprint_ids[]

🧾 Output Signals From CI/CD to Coordinator¶

Signal	Purpose
`ReleaseCompleted`	CI pipeline succeeded
`ReleaseFailed`	CI stage failed
`ReleaseArtifactPushed`	Image/tag confirmed
`ReleaseRollbackStarted`	Rollback in progress
`ReleaseTelemetryReady`	Metrics/logs uploaded

→ Sent via webhooks, message bus, or CLI tool

✅ Summary¶

The ReleaseCoordinator integrates tightly with CI/CD to:

✅ Inject trace and milestone metadata
🏷️ Version and tag outputs
🛠️ Build and deploy across environments
📡 Observe and report all status

CI/CD becomes milestone-aware, trace-driven, and Studio-visible.

Studio Visualization (Release Dashboard, History View)¶

The ConnectSoft Studio provides real-time visualization of all release activities coordinated by the ReleaseCoordinator.
This includes dashboards for:

✅ Live release status
🕒 Historical release records
🔎 Deployment trace inspection
🧾 Changelog and artifact audit visibility

📊 Release Dashboard Overview¶

Each tracked release appears as a card with:

Field	Source
Milestone ID	`promotion-trigger.yaml`
Version Tag	`version_tag`
Status	FSM state (`Triggered`, `Completed`, `Failed`, `RolledBack`)
Released At	CI/CD confirmation
Target Environment	`promotion-targets[]`
QA Coverage	From `qa-validation-report.md`
Trigger Type	Manual or Automated

🖼️ UI View: Sample Card¶

``text 📦 Booking Service:v1.0.0-mvp` ✅ Status: Completed 📌 Milestone: mvp-ready 📅 Released: 2025-05-14 17:12 🔗 Trace ID: trace-xyz-789 🧪 Coverage: 91.3% 🧑 Approved by: qa-lead ````

Buttons:

🔍 View Release Notes
🧾 Show Audit Log
📦 Download Manifest
↩ Rollback

🧬 Release History Table¶

Version	Milestone	Status	QA Coverage	Released At	Actions
v1.0.0	mvp-ready	✅ Complete	91.3%	2025-05-14 17:12	🔍 View
v0.9.2	auth-preview	❌ Failed	87.6%	2025-05-08 13:44	🔁 Retry
v0.9.1	staging	✅ Complete	89.0%	2025-05-01 10:10	📄 Notes

🧾 Linked Artifacts and Actions¶

Each release record links to:

Element	Source Artifact
Release Notes	`release-notes.md`
Audit Metadata	`release-metadata.json`
Trace Explorer	`trace_id`, `sprint_ids`
CI/CD Logs	`deployment-span-log.json`
Signed Manifest	`signed-release-manifest.yaml`
Docker Tags + Git Tags	Linked from build metadata

🔔 Notification Integration¶

Slack/Teams alerts show release summary
Email delivery reports include:
QA report
Version and trace info
Link to rollback if needed

📈 Release Analytics View¶

📊 Chart of successful vs failed releases
⏱️ Median time from MilestoneReached to ReleaseCompleted
📉 Trend of QA coverage over recent deployments
📦 Breakdown of released features per version

✅ Summary¶

Studio provides real-time and historical release insights, including:

Status monitoring
Changelog viewing
Trace-to-deploy path inspection
Audit log review
Rollback control

All powered by the ReleaseCoordinator’s event model and trace-anchored execution.

Audit and Compliance Hooks¶

The ReleaseCoordinator ensures that every release is not only observable and traceable — but also auditable, signed, and policy-compliant.
It emits signed metadata, generates changelogs, and logs every action from trigger to deployment.

These hooks make the Factory suitable for regulated industries, enterprise compliance, and internal audit reviews.

🔐 Audit and Governance Features¶

Feature	Description
🔖 Signed Release Metadata	Generates `signed-release-manifest.yaml` with cryptographic signature
🧾 Changelog and Notes	Structured, versioned `release-notes.md` for each promotion
🕒 Timestamped Audit Trails	Timestamps every transition and trigger across trace and Studio logs
👥 Approver Attribution	Captures and logs who approved manual gates (via `approval-context.json`)
🧩 Trace-Linked Artifacts	Git tags, Docker images, Helm charts all contain trace and milestone references
🔁 Rollback Record Logging	Maintains rollback history with justification and outcome

📂 Core Audit Artifacts¶

File	Purpose
`release-metadata.json`	Canonical metadata: milestone, sprints, version, trace
`release-notes.md`	Human-readable summary of what was released
`signed-release-manifest.yaml`	Signed output including component versions and trace anchors
`intervention-events.json`	All manual overrides and approvals
`release-history.csv`	Append-only CSV of historical deployments
`deployment-span-log.json`	Execution trace of the deployment pipeline
`rollback-log.json` (if applicable)	Details of rollback cause, actions, and reversion status

📎 Sample: `signed-release-manifest.yaml`¶

```yaml milestone: mvp-ready version: mvp-v1 released_at: 2025-05-14T17:12:00Z trace_id: trace-xyz-789 qa_coverage: 91.3 features: - BookingFlow - Notification.Send sprints: - sprint-06 - sprint-07 approved_by: qa-lead signature: "bXlwaGFzZWRzaWduYXR1cmU=" ````

→ Cryptographically signed and stored with release artifacts.

📤 Compliance Event Emission¶

Optionally emits:

Event	Sent To
`ReleaseAuditEmitted`	Audit pipeline or event bus
`ReleaseComplianceCheckPassed`	Compliance or GRC system
`ReleaseWithRiskTag`	If flagged (e.g., low QA coverage)
`ReleaseSigned`	Cryptographic signing complete

📊 Studio Audit Timeline View¶

Visual trace of every significant action:

Timestamp	Action/Event	Actor
2025-05-14 16:02	MilestoneReached	Coordinator
2025-05-14 16:10	StudioReleaseApproved	qa-lead
2025-05-14 16:45	ReleaseTriggered	Coordinator
2025-05-14 17:12	ReleaseCompleted	CI/CD
2025-05-14 17:15	Signed Manifest Emitted	SecurityAgent

🧠 Integrations¶

System	Integration Point
GRC Platform	`release-metadata.json`, signed reports
SIEM / Audit Log Indexer	`deployment-span-log.json`, trace spans
Documentation Portal	Pulls in `release-notes.md` and link to Studio
Artifact Registry (e.g., OCI)	Annotated image tags with trace/milestone/version info

✅ Summary¶

The ReleaseCoordinator makes every release:

🧾 Auditable — Signed, stored, and linkable
🔍 Explainable — Full trace lineage and agent contribution logs
✅ Compliant — With policy triggers, approval logs, and versioned metadata

This closes the loop from planning to traceable production delivery.

Real-World Example: `mvp-v1` Release Flow¶

This real-world scenario demonstrates how the ReleaseCoordinator successfully promoted the mvp-ready milestone into a versioned and trace-linked release: mvp-v1.

📘 Milestone Context¶

Field	Value
Milestone ID	`mvp-ready`
Version Tag	`mvp-v1`
Trace ID	`trace-xyz-789`
QA Coverage	91.3%
Sprints	`sprint-06`, `sprint-07`
Features	`BookingFlow`, `Notification.Send`

🧩 Trigger¶

Event: MilestonePromotionTriggered
Source: MilestoneLifecycleCoordinator
Trigger file: promotion-trigger.yaml

```yaml milestone_id: mvp-ready version_tag: mvp-v1 trace_id: trace-xyz-789 promotion_targets: - deploy-to-staging - tag-git: mvp-v1 - tag-docker: booking-service, notification-service - notify: slack ````

🔁 Execution Flow Snapshot¶

✅ Inputs validated
🏷️ Git + Docker artifacts tagged
📄 release-notes.md and release-metadata.json generated
🚀 Azure DevOps pipeline triggered
🔔 Slack message sent to #engineering
📊 Observability spans emitted
🧾 Signed release-manifest.yaml generated
✅ ReleaseCompleted emitted to Studio

📂 Generated Artifacts¶

release-notes.md
release-metadata.json
signed-release-manifest.yaml
deployment-span-log.json
release-history.csv
docker image: booking-service:1.0.0-mvp-v1
git tag: mvp-v1 → commit ab39c3

🖼️ Studio Dashboard Snapshot¶

Field	Value
Status	✅ Completed
Released At	2025-05-14 17:12
QA Coverage	91.3%
Approved By	`qa-lead`
Environment	`staging`
Rollback Needed	❌ No
Notification Sent	✅ Slack #engineering

🔐 Audit Trail View¶

Timestamp	Event	Actor
2025-05-14 16:04	MilestoneReached	Coordinator
2025-05-14 16:30	Promotion Triggered	Product Owner
2025-05-14 16:45	CI/CD Started	ReleaseCoordinator
2025-05-14 17:12	ReleaseCompleted	Pipeline
2025-05-14 17:15	Signed Manifest Generated	SecurityAgent

✅ Outcome¶

📦 Release mvp-v1 successfully promoted to staging
🔖 All artifacts trace-linked and tagged
🧾 Governance metadata generated and signed
📊 Studio updated in real-time

🎯 Summary¶

The mvp-v1 release showcases the full power of the ReleaseCoordinator:

✅ Automated and trace-aware delivery
📄 Human-readable and machine-readable docs
🧠 Integrated approvals and rollback support
📡 Observability-first execution
🧾 Ready for audit and compliance

This is Factory-grade delivery — governed, observable, and production-ready.

Release Coordinator¶

Overview and Purpose¶

🎯 Core Objectives¶

🧠 What It Does Not Do¶

📦 Core Inputs¶

📤 Core Outputs¶

📊 Why It Matters¶

✅ Summary¶

Position in the Factory Execution Flow¶

🧭 Placement in the Full Lifecycle¶

🧾 Approval Input (if gated)¶

✅ Summary¶

Outputs¶

📤 Event Outputs¶

📁 Artifact Outputs¶

📘 Example: release-metadata.json¶

📊 Metrics Emitted¶

✅ Summary¶

Collaborating Agents and Coordinators¶

🤝 Collaborating Coordinators¶

🤖 Collaborating Agents¶

🔁 Typical Collaboration Flow¶

🔧 Prompt-Activated Skills¶

📤 Sample Output (Markdown)¶

📁 Generated Artifacts from Prompt Execution¶

✅ Summary¶

Execution Flow (Steps)¶

🔁 Step-by-Step Execution Flow¶

1. Receive Trigger¶

2. Initialize Release Context¶

3. Resolve Promotion Targets¶

4. Generate Documentation¶

5. Tag Artifacts¶

6. Trigger CI/CD Pipelines¶

7. Emit Post-Release Events¶

8. Finalize and Archive¶

📂 Files Written per Step¶

🔁 FSM Transitions (Logical)¶

📊 Promotion Trigger to CI/CD Flow¶

📎 Deployment Metadata Anchoring¶

🧠 Coordinated System View¶

✅ Summary¶

Artifact Versioning Logic¶

🏷️ Key Versioning Concepts¶

📘 Example Version Tags¶

🧠 Version Derivation Logic¶

📂 Example: version-resolver.yaml¶

✅ Summary¶

Manual Approval and Deployment Gates¶

🧑‍💼 When Manual Approval Is Required¶

📂 Example: promotion-trigger.yaml¶

🛑 Blocked Promotion Message in Studio¶

🧠 Deployment Gate Types Supported¶

🔐 Role-Based Approval Policies¶

✅ Summary¶

Observability and Deployment Traces¶

🧵 Core Trace Fields (Attached to Every Span)¶

📊 Metrics Emitted¶

📂 Span Names¶

📁 Observability Output Artifacts¶

🧠 Trace Path Example¶

🔗 Linkage in CI/CD Pipelines¶

🔧 Dynamic Configuration Fields (in promotion-trigger.yaml)¶

🛠 Supported Versioning Strategies¶

🔐 Role-Based Control in Configuration¶

🧭 Target Environments¶

📁 Configuration File Hierarchy¶

✅ Summary¶

Error Handling and Rollback Paths¶

🔥 Common Error Scenarios¶

🔁 Retry Behavior¶

🧯 Rollback Triggers¶

📘 Rollback Flow¶

🚀 GitOps Integration (ArgoCD / Flux)¶

🧾 Output Signals From CI/CD to Coordinator¶

✅ Summary¶

Studio Visualization (Release Dashboard, History View)¶

📊 Release Dashboard Overview¶

🖼️ UI View: Sample Card¶

🧬 Release History Table¶

📘 Example: `release-metadata.json`¶

📂 Example: `version-resolver.yaml`¶

📂 Example: `promotion-trigger.yaml`¶

🔧 Dynamic Configuration Fields (in `promotion-trigger.yaml`)¶

📎 Sample: `signed-release-manifest.yaml`¶

Real-World Example: `mvp-v1` Release Flow¶