How-to Guide

Run tests before release

Execute release gate workflow before shipping.

Objective

Execute release gate workflow before shipping.

Prerequisites

  • Releases configured
  • Test suite ready

Procedure

Open Releases

Governance → Releases.

Navigation: Governance → Releases, Remediation, or Topology. Approver roles may be required, verify permissions first.

Verification: Confirm organization and team context in the Console header before making changes.

Configure gate

Link validation requirements to release.

Navigation: Governance → Releases, Remediation, or Topology. Approver roles may be required, verify permissions first.

Verification: Note project, run, or agent IDs if you may need support escalation.

Execute and evaluate

Run validation; review gate status.

Navigation: Governance → Releases, Remediation, or Topology. Approver roles may be required, verify permissions first.

Verification: Confirm UI state matches your runbook. Retry once on transient errors before opening a ticket.

Verification checklist

  • Confirm expected UI state or API response after each critical step
  • Document run ID, project ID, or agent ID for support escalation if needed
  • Notify stakeholders if the workflow affects release gates or production validation

Expected result

Release gate reflects current reliability posture.

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01The operational surface

One surface for posture, operations, and what needs attention next.

The Zof home is not a marketing dashboard. It is the operational surface engineering, QA, and SRE teams use every day, quality posture, in-flight runs, coverage by module, and the actions a leader should look at next.

OPERATIONAL KPIs

  • Runs
  • Coverage
  • Risk

Live across every environment you ship to.

WORK SPINE

  • Specs
  • Tests
  • Schedules

From specification to scheduled regression.

GUARDRAILS

  • RBAC
  • SSO
  • audit

Every action attributable to a named human.

STAGING · LIVE/home
Zof AI home command center showing 12 runs at 94% pass, 3 open critical issues, 84% coverage, four module traceability bars, the specification pipeline, upcoming schedules, and recommended next actions with an active-runs sidebar.
Home view · Checkout Service · Staging · captured live from the product.
  • 01 · RUNS · 24H

    94% pass

    12 runs across staging

  • 02 · COVERAGE

    84%

    Across four modules

  • 03 · ACTIVE RUNS

    3 running

    Live on this branch

  • 04 · NEXT ACTIONS

    Recommended

    Triage gaps, new spec

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