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Pre-deployment checklist

✅ 1. Integration testing complete

  • All integration tests pass (test_qwed_integration.py)
  • Performance tests meet requirements
  • Error handling tested
  • Batch processing tested (if applicable)

✅ 2. API key management

  • API keys stored in environment variables
  • Different keys for dev/staging/production
  • Key rotation plan in place
  • API keys NOT in Git/version control
Example .env file:

✅ 3. Error handling

  • All QWED calls wrapped in try/except
  • Fallback mechanisms in place
  • Error logging configured
  • Alerts for critical failures
Example:

✅ 4. Rate limiting

  • Understood quota limits for your plan
  • Rate limiting logic implemented
  • Backoff/retry logic in place
  • Monitoring quota usage

✅ 5. Logging and monitoring

  • All QWED calls logged
  • Verification results tracked
  • Error rates monitored
  • Performance metrics captured

Deployment strategy

Week 1: Canary (5% traffic)
Week 2-3: Increase to 25%, then 50% Week 4: Full rollout (100%)

Option 2: shadow mode

Run QWED in parallel without affecting production:

Option 3: feature flag

Use feature flags (LaunchDarkly, Split.io):

Production configuration

Environment-specific config


Security considerations

1. API key security

DO:
  • Use environment variables
  • Rotate keys regularly (every 90 days)
  • Use different keys per environment
  • Revoke compromised keys immediately
DON’T:
  • Commit keys to Git
  • Share keys via email/Slack
  • Use same key across environments
  • Log API keys

2. Input validation

3. Output sanitization


Performance optimization

1. Use batch processing

2. Caching

3. Async processing


Database integration

Storing verification results

Logging example:

Compliance and audit trails

Requirements

  • All verifications logged
  • Logs retained for compliance period
  • Audit trail accessible
  • Failed verifications flagged

Audit log format


Deployment checklist

Before deploy

  • All tests pass
  • API keys configured
  • Error handling in place
  • Logging configured
  • Monitoring dashboards ready
  • Rollback plan documented
  • Team notified

During deploy

  • Deploy to staging first
  • Run smoke tests
  • Check logs for errors
  • Monitor metrics
  • Gradual traffic ramp-up

After deploy

  • Verify no error rate increase
  • Check performance metrics
  • Review audit logs
  • Update documentation
  • Team retrospective

Rollback plan

If issues occur: 1. Immediate Rollback:
2. Investigate:
  • Check error logs
  • Review verification failures
  • Analyze performance metrics
3. Fix & Redeploy:
  • Patch issue
  • Test thoroughly
  • Gradual re-rollout

Go-live checklist

Final checks before 100% rollout:
  • 7 days of stable canary deployment
  • Error rate < 0.1%
  • Performance acceptable (p95 < 3s)
  • No security incidents
  • Team trained on troubleshooting
  • Monitoring dashboards operational
  • Runbook documented

Next steps

Once deployed:
Questions? Contact support@qwedai.com