staging-deployment-phase

Staging deployment automation requires verifying your PR merge and passing CI checks before initiating the /ship-staging command. Once triggered, it automatically coordinates database migrations, deployment triggers, health checks, and generates a centralized ship report for full traceability.

Database migrations run during staging deployment when your merged PR includes schema changes. The /ship-staging workflow detects and applies these migrations automatically before triggering the deployment, ensuring your staging database matches the new application code.

Yes, this staging deployment workflow integrates directly with common hosting platforms like Vercel, Netlify, and Railway. It streamlines the /ship-staging workflow by connecting your CI/CD pipelines to these platforms for automated deployment triggering and health verification.

Staging deployment verifies application health by running automated health checks immediately after triggering the release. It validates the application's responsiveness and stability, updating the workflow state and generating a ship report to ensure an auditable deployment.

The best way to maintain traceability is to generate a centralized staging ship report and update the workflow state after every deployment. This records PR merge verification, migration status, and health check results for fully auditable staging deployments.

No, you do not need to manually trigger deployments after merging a PR. By running the /ship-staging command once the PR is merged and CI is passing, the deployment triggering, health checks, and state updates are handled automatically.