Deployment Process

Test Upon Merge Process

• As pull requests get approved, merged, and deployed to staging, devs will test their PRs on staging and address any apparent issues. Every PR approved and merged requires a deploy to staging and manual testing on staging.

If PRs affect the campaign template, the following testing-worthy campaigns exist:

• TEST OPEN CAMPAIGN: https://staging.dosomething.org/us/campaigns/test-campaign
• TEST OPEN CAMPAIGN (BONUS!): https://staging.dosomething.org/us/campaigns/patient-playbooks
• TEST CLOSED CAMPAIGN: https://staging.dosomething.org/us/campaigns/closed-campaign
• TEST SMS CAMPAIGN: https://thor.dosomething.org/us/campaigns/dont-drive-intexticated
• TEST GLOBAL CAMPAIGN: https://staging.dosomething.org/us/campaigns/us-en (dummy content input to illustrate the surfacing of different content across translations)

If a PR affects the global experience, the code can be tested on Staging or Thor, faking a non-US experience. To use our VPN service, follow these directions.

Staging can be used to test most all PRs. However, PRs that need to be tested for performance (ex. code that works across reportbacks or queries) should be tested on Thor since there is a significantly more content. Additionally, PRs that require testing on more realistic/newer content (ex. current sponsor logos) should be tested on Thor.

Daily Deploy Process

• Deploy process begins at 9:30 AM M - Th, with Fridays optional
• Jen deploys the latest version of Staging to Thor first thing in the morning
• Jen deploys production upon confirming all items in the Deploy Checklist (below)

Deploy Checklist

If a Thor deploy results in the following, you are good to deploy!

• “Thor Suite - Start” AND “Execute All Tests Suite” Ghost Inspector notifications appear in #deploys with passed test status. You can see which tests failed by going here https://app.ghostinspector.com.
• 3 transactional emails (campaign sign up, reportback confirmation, and forgot password) and one ZenDesk ticket post to #ghost-inspector (if these don't show up in the #ghost-inspector channel it could just be an issue with it being routed into Slack, you can always try to trigger these things manually on Thor to test and unblock deployment!)
• 1 transactional email, the user registration one, needs to be checked in Customer.io Staging. Login information is in LastPass! Once logged in, click 'People' in the left sidebar. You should see the Ghost Inspector email account. Click the email address. You should see under 'Segments' a 'Signed Up' tag. Under 'Recent Activity' you should see Drafted Email, 'Welcome'
• Fantini AND/OR Nami AND/OR Dave AND/OR Jen receives a text

Additional Deploy Process

It’s sometimes helpful to deploy more than once per day. If this is the case, the person who is promoting the second (or third) deploy will spearhead the process by:

• Deploying the latest version of staging to Thor
• Confirming all items in the Deploy Checklist
• Deploying to Production

Non-Phoenix-Next Deployment

These are handled by the devs!