Executive Summary

This sub-scenario covers the complete process of automated verification and release approval in test tenants after plugin version submission. Developer triggers pipeline through powerx publish create, CI/CD deploys to test tenant and executes regression tests, static & security scans, outputting reports. QA & release manager jointly approve launch window and generate production release plan. The goal is to complete verification, approval & rollback plan orchestration within 24 hours, ensuring untested changes cannot enter production.

Scope & Guardrails

• In Scope: Artifact upload, test tenant deployment, automated testing & security scans, approval flow configuration, release plan generation, rollback contact registration, audit logs.
• Out of Scope: Production canary & full deployment, offline package generation, Marketplace listing, runtime monitoring strategies.
• Environment & Flags: plugin-release-pipeline, publish-approval-guard, security-scan-v2; depends on CI/CD platform, test tenant resource pool, quality gate rules, audit service.

Participants & Responsibilities

Scope	Repository	Layer	Responsibilities & Deliverables	Owners
core-platform	powerx	service	Pipeline templates, deployment orchestration, report aggregation, approval state machine, rollback plan generation	Matrix Ops (Platform Ops Lead / ops@artisan-cloud.com)
plugin-ecosystem	powerx-plugin	ops	Build artifacts & version descriptions, test data preparation, change log maintenance	Michael Hu (Plugin Tech Lead / tech@artisan-cloud.com)
qa	powerx	security	Automated test coverage strategies, security scans & license verification, audit trails	Linda Zhou (QA Lead / qa@artisan-cloud.com)

End-to-End Flow

1. Stage 1 – Release Application & Artifact Upload: Developer uses CLI to upload version artifacts, descriptions & target test tenant.
2. Stage 2 – Automated Verification: Pipeline deploys to test tenant and executes regression tests, security scans & coverage statistics.
3. Stage 3 – Approval & Change Review: QA reviews reports, release manager confirms changes, approves launch window & rollback contacts.
4. Stage 4 – Release Plan Implementation: Generate production release plan, lock version tags, sync audit logs & prepare canary strategies.

Key Interactions & Contracts

• APIs / Events: powerx publish create, POST /internal/publish/test-run, POST /internal/publish/approval, EVENT publish.pipeline.blocked.
• Configs / Schemas: pipeline/plugin-release.yml, config/publish/quality_gates.yaml, config/publish/approval_matrix.yaml.
• Security / Compliance: Uploaded artifacts require signature verification; approvers require MFA; audit logs record submitter, approval chain, test report links and retain ≥180 days.

Usecase Links

• UC-DEV-PLUGIN-RELEASE-APPROVAL-001 — Test tenant verification & approval loop.

Acceptance Criteria

1. Regression test coverage ≥90%, high-risk vulnerabilities = 0, pipeline blocks must notify submitter & QA.
2. Approval completion time ≤24 hours, release plan contains rollback strategy, window, contacts & dependency list.
3. Builds that fail tests or approval cannot lock version tags, audit logs fully record changes & conclusions.

Telemetry & Ops

• Metrics: publish.test.pass_rate, publish.coverage.percent, publish.approval.lead_time_hours, publish.pipeline.block_total.
• Alert Thresholds: Test failure rate >5% or consecutive blocks, approval timeout >24 hours, missing quality gate configurations.
• Observability Sources: CI/CD telemetry, test reports, audit database, workflow-metrics.mjs.

Open Issues & Follow-ups

Risk/Issue	Impact Scope	Owner	ETA
High maintenance cost for cross-language regression scripts, need unified templates & datasets	Automated test efficiency	Linda Zhou	2025-12-05
Approval windows not yet integrated with production change calendar, need to connect to change management system	Change coordination	Matrix Ops	2025-12-12

Appendix

• docs/meta/scenarios/powerx/plugin-ecosystem/plugin-lifecycle/plugin-publish-and-release/primary.md#sub-scenario-a
• pipeline/plugin-release.yml
• config/publish/approval_matrix.yaml