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Managing Release Actions

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

Approve​

What it does: Kick off a phase that requires a manual approval before rollout begins. This is useful when human verification is required before changes move forward.

How to use it:

  1. The pipeline will automatically pause at the last completed phase awaiting approval
  2. You will 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 will begin rolling out

Pause​

What it does: Stops the bake timer between two phases. Useful if you want to delay rolling out the next phase in order to investigate the current phase.

note

Pause does not stop the current phase — 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 will revert to its pre-release state, and no further changes will propagate.

Important: Aborting a release is an irreversible action. Once aborted, you will need to 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