Usecase Overview

• Business Goal: Complete automated verification, quality gates & approval in test tenants before plugins enter production, generating executable production release plans and rollback plans.
• Success Metrics: Test coverage ≥90%; approval completion time ≤24 hours; blocking notification response time ≤30 minutes; release plan contains rollback strategy & responsible party coverage 100%.
• Scenario Association: Corresponds to Main Scenario Stage 1, providing trusted artifacts & approval basis for subsequent canary, offline import & Marketplace listing.

Through standardized test tenant & approval processes, we expose risks early and provide complete quality credentials & rollback plans for production releases.

Context & Assumptions

• Prerequisites
  • Feature Flags plugin-release-pipeline, publish-approval-guard, security-scan-v2 enabled.
  • Test tenants have key configurations, datasets & monitoring endpoints consistent with production.
  • Release applications submitted artifacts, version descriptions, change impact, rollback contacts & window suggestions.
  • QA, release manager, security compliance heads registered in approval system with approval permissions.
• Input/Output
  • Input: Build artifact packages, target test tenants, automated test suites, approver responsibility lists, rollback strategies.
  • Output: Test/scan reports, quality gate results, approval conclusions, production release plans (including rollback plans), audit log links.
• Boundaries
  • Does not involve production canary or full deployment.
  • Does not include offline package generation or Marketplace review processes.

Solution Blueprint

Architecture Decomposition

Layer	Main Components/Modules	Responsibility	Code Entry
Pipeline Orchestration Layer	internal/publish/pipeline/test_runner.go	Deploy artifacts to test tenants, run automated tests & quality gates	services/publish/pipeline
Approval State Layer	internal/publish/pipeline/approval_flow.go	Approval state machine, window management, rollback plan & notification generation	services/publish/pipeline
Security Compliance Layer	internal/security/scan/report_collector.go	Aggregate security scans, license verification, signature validation & audit writeback	services/security/scan
CLI/Console Layer	packages/cli/src/commands/publish/create.ts	Release applications, artifact uploads, test tenant selection & status viewing	packages/cli
Audit Recording Layer	internal/audit/publish/log_writer.go	Record submitters, approval chains, test results, blocking reasons	services/audit/publish

Process & Sequence

1. Step 1 – Release Application: Developer uses powerx publish create to upload artifacts and specify test tenants & approval windows.
2. Step 2 – Automated Verification: Pipeline deploys to test tenants, executes regression tests, coverage statistics & security scans, aggregates quality gate results.
3. Step 3 – Approval & Rollback Plan: QA, release manager, security compliance review in sequence, confirm change scope, windows, rollback contacts & drill results.
4. Step 4 – Plan Implementation & Audit: After approval, lock version tags, output production release plans, write audit logs and notify relevant responsible parties.

Contracts & Interfaces

• Inbound APIs / Events
  • powerx publish create — Submit release applications & artifact metadata.
  • POST /internal/publish/test-run — Trigger test tenant deployment & test execution.
  • POST /internal/publish/approval — Approval actions, record conclusions & window information.
• Outbound Calls
  • POST /internal/security/scan — Call security scans, license verification.
  • POST /internal/notify/publish — Push blocking or approval notifications, rollback contact reminders.
  • POST /internal/audit/publish — Write audit logs, retain test report links.
• Configs & Scripts
  • pipeline/plugin-release.yml — Release pipeline templates & stage configuration.
  • config/publish/quality_gates.yaml — Test coverage, defect thresholds, blocking rules.
  • config/publish/approval_matrix.yaml — Approval roles, window strategies, escalation paths.

Implementation Checklist

Item	Description	Status	Owner
Pipeline Templates	Support multi-tenant deployment, concurrent testing & scanning, quality gate aggregation	[ ]	Matrix Ops
Quality Gates	Configure coverage, vulnerability thresholds, blocking strategies & retry mechanisms	[ ]	Linda Zhou
Approval Workflow	Implement multi-level approval, window management, rollback plan generation & notifications	[ ]	Matrix Ops
Notifications & Audit	Blocking/approval result notifications, audit log storage, report archiving	[ ]	Grace Lin
CLI/Console	Status visualization, approver management, trigger retry/withdrawal processes	[ ]	Michael Hu

Testing Strategy

• Unit Tests: Cover test triggers, quality gate judgments, approval state machines, notification modules.
• Integration Tests: Run pipeline/plugin-release.yml dry-run, covering success & blocking branches; verify interactions with security scans & audit services.
• End-to-End Verification: Reproduce meta use cases A-1/A-2, confirm blocking handling, approval SLA, release plan output & audit logs.
• Non-functional Tests: Long-running approvals, concurrent release applications, audit log retention & reconciliation.

Observability & Ops

• Metrics: publish.test.pass_rate, publish.coverage.percent, publish.approval.lead_time_hours, publish.pipeline.block_total.
• Logs: Record artifact versions, submitters, test results, approval chains, blocking reasons; sensitive information masked & retain ≥180 days.
• Alerts: Test failure rate >5%, approval timeout >24 hours, consecutive blocks, audit write failures.
• Dashboards: Release Quality Gate Dashboard, Approval SLA panel, workflow-metrics.mjs data views.

Rollback & Failure Handling

• Rollback Steps: On blocking or rejection, rollback to previous stable versions, revoke version tags, restore old plans and notify relevant teams.
• Remediation Measures: Allow re-uploading artifacts, supplementary test reports, adjusting approval windows; provide temporary approval exemption audit records.
• Data Repair: Run scripts/workflows/publish-approval-reconcile.mjs to align test reports, approval conclusions & audit logs.

Follow-ups & Risks

Risk/Issue	Impact	Mitigation	Owner	ETA
High maintenance cost for cross-language regression scripts	Automated test efficiency	Establish unified script templates & datasets	Linda Zhou	2025-12-05
Approval windows not integrated with change calendar	Production change conflicts	Integrate with change management system for window sync	Matrix Ops	2025-12-12
Blocking notifications lack escalation channels	Response delays	Configure multi-channel alerts & escalation strategies	Grace Lin	2025-12-08

References & Links

• Scenario Document: docs/scenarios/plugin-lifecycle/SCN-DEV-PLUGIN-RELEASE-APPROVAL-001.md
• Main Scenario: docs/scenarios/plugin-lifecycle/SCN-DEV-PLUGIN-PUBLISH-001.md
• Meta Design: docs/meta/scenarios/powerx/plugin-ecosystem/plugin-lifecycle/plugin-publish-and-release/primary.md
• Configuration: pipeline/plugin-release.yml, config/publish/quality_gates.yaml, config/publish/approval_matrix.yaml