plan-freeze-stage4-core

To freeze release artifacts for Stage 4, you reconcile delivery artifacts against planning templates and dependency constraints. This validates readiness, generates a Stage-4-Freeze-Review.json artifact, and updates the manifest state to Stage 4 frozen.

Artifact freezing in release pipelines is the process of reconciling delivery outputs to lock in a stable state. It validates Stage 4 readiness against dependency constraints and updates the manifest to prevent unapproved changes downstream.

You validate delivery outputs against planning template dependencies by running a freeze review process. This reconciles the artifacts with the defined constraints, producing a freeze review artifact and confirming Stage 4 frozen status in the manifest.

Yes, updating manifest state files to reflect Stage 4 frozen status happens automatically during the freeze process. Reconciling the delivery artifacts triggers the state update, writes the freeze review artifact, and enables downstream automation.

You need to generate a freeze review artifact for release management when confirming Stage 4 delivery readiness. It is required for end-to-end pipelines needing validation against planning templates and dependency constraints before locking the state.

Freezing Stage 4 delivery artifacts is limited to end-to-end release pipelines requiring readiness validation. It specifically depends on reconciling against planning templates and dependency constraints, and does not bypass missing prerequisite delivery artifacts.