Manage an Ongoing Release Pipeline

Managing release actions

After you trigger a Release Pipeline, you can control its progression using the following actions. These controls let you safely test, pause, fast-track, or halt propagation of feature gate and config changes across pipeline phases.

Approve

What it does: Start a phase that requires manual approval before rollout begins. Use this when your workflow requires human verification before changes move forward.

How to use it:

1. The pipeline automatically pauses at the last completed phase awaiting approval
2. You receive a notification prompting you to take action
3. Go to the Release Pipeline status page
4. Click the ⋯ menu and select 'Approve'
5. Confirm the action. The next phase begins rolling out.

Pause

What it does: Stops the bake timer between two phases. Useful if you want to delay rolling out the next phase to investigate the current phase. :::note Pause doesn't stop the current phase. It stops only the timer to move to the next phase. :::

How to use it:

1. Go to the Release Pipeline status page
2. Click the ⋯ menu and select 'Pause'
3. Confirm to pause the bake timer

Unpause

What it does: Resumes a previously paused bake timer, allowing the pipeline to move to the next phase after the remaining wait time.

How to use it:

1. Go to the Release Pipeline status page
2. Click the ⋯ menu and select 'Unpause'
3. Confirm to resume the bake timer

Skip

What it does: Immediately skips the current phase and moves rollout to the next defined phase. Useful for fast-tracking safe changes.

How to use it:

1. Go to the Release Pipeline status page
2. Click the ⋯ menu and select 'Skip'
3. Confirm to resume the bake timer

Abort

What it does: Halts the release process. The feature gate or dynamic config reverts to its pre-release state, and no further changes propagate.

Important: Aborting a release is irreversible. After aborting, you must trigger a new release to restart the process with any modifications.

How to use it:

1. Go to the Release Pipeline status page
2. Click the ⋯ menu and select 'Abort'
3. Confirm to resume the bake timer

Full roll out

What it does: Skips all intermediate phases and releases the latest version across all environments and custom attributes once.

How to use it:

1. Go to the Release Pipeline status page
2. Click the ⋯ menu and select 'Full Roll Out'
3. Confirm to resume the bake timer