ship-hotfix

Promoting a reviewed hotfix PR to a release branch safely involves automating base-branch selection, enforcing CI readiness, and pausing for explicit human approval before merge. This workflow returns the release PR URL and deployment status.

Automating hotfix deployment across target environments requires pre-merge validation, an explicit human checkpoint, and post-deployment reporting. This process enforces repository rules while returning deployment status and a Slack-ready summary.

Validating CI readiness before merging a hotfix involves checking pre-merge validation rules and smoke tests. The workflow enforces repository rules and CI readiness before allowing the hotfix PR to proceed to the merge and deploy checkpoint.

You can enforce a human approval checkpoint before deploying a hotfix by pausing the release promotion workflow. The process awaits explicit human approval after pre-review and validation but before final merge and deployment.

Generating a Slack-ready summary after deploying a hotfix is handled by post-deployment reporting. The workflow outputs the release PR URL, deployment status across target environments, and the notification summary upon completion.

Base-branch selection matters when releasing a hotfix because it ensures the changes merge onto the correct release branch. The workflow enforces repository rules and automates base-branch selection to prevent targeting the wrong environment.