Can rollback in < 2 minutes

Severity: Critical

Speed matters during incidents. A rollback that takes 10+ minutes extends the outage. Target: under 2 minutes from decision to live.

Check automatically:

1. Check deployment platform:

# Vercel - instant rollback via dashboard or CLI
grep -E "vercel" package.json vercel.json 2>/dev/null

# Railway - instant rollback via dashboard
grep -E "railway" package.json railway.json 2>/dev/null

# Fly.io - `fly releases rollback`
find . -name "fly.toml" 2>/dev/null

# Kubernetes - `kubectl rollout undo`
find . -name "*.yaml" -exec grep -l "kind: Deployment" {} \; 2>/dev/null

# Check for rollback scripts
find . -name "*rollback*" -o -name "*revert*" 2>/dev/null | grep -v node_modules

2. Check CI/CD pipeline duration (if rollback goes through CI):

# Check for pipeline config
cat .github/workflows/*.yml 2>/dev/null | head -100

Rollback speed tiers:

Speed	Method
Instant (< 30 sec)	Vercel, Railway, Fly.io dashboard click, K8s rollout undo
Fast (< 2 min)	Git revert + fast CI/CD pipeline
Slow (> 5 min)	Manual deploy process, long CI pipelines, approval gates

Ask user:

• "How do you deploy? (Platform with instant rollback vs manual CI/CD)"
• "How long does your CI/CD pipeline take?"
• "Are there approval gates that slow down emergency rollbacks?"

Cross-reference with:

• RR-001 (documented procedure) - speed comes from clear process
• RR-002 (tested regularly) - testing reveals actual time
• FF-002 (kill switches) - sometimes faster than rollback, use as complement

Pass criteria:

• Can rollback production in under 2 minutes
• No blocking approval gates for emergency rollbacks
• Process is known and practiced

Fail criteria:

• Rollback requires full CI/CD run (> 5 min)
• Approval gates block emergency rollbacks
• Nobody knows how long it actually takes

Notes: Kill switches (Section 33) can disable features in seconds, which is faster than any rollback. For critical features, consider: kill switch first (instant), then rollback if needed (< 2 min).

Evidence to capture:

• Deployment platform and its rollback mechanism
• Measured or estimated rollback time
• Any blockers (approval gates, long pipelines)

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