Announcement Readiness

This page defines the readiness gates that must all pass before the 2026-06-12 public announcement goes live.

Gate matrix

Gate	Owner	Pass criteria	Status
Health endpoint	Platform	GET /health → { "status": "ok" } on staging	✅
CRON health	Platform	pnpm health:cron exits 0; all required crons ran within last 5 min	✅
Platform flags	Platform	autonomy_dispatch_enabled, public_battles_enabled, webhook_outbox_enabled all true	✅
Docs drift	Docs	pnpm docs:audit returns zero errors	✅
README smoke test	CLI	pnpm smoke passes on clean clone in ≤ 5 min	✅ (Phase BU — scripts/smoke.sh hard-fails on >300 s; smoke-timing.yml CI gate)
Announcement copy	Maintainer	HN, X thread, LinkedIn, dev.to copy reviewed and approved	✅ (Phase BS — drafts at docs/.private/announcements/)
Screencaps	Maintainer	All screenshots hosted with verified URLs	✅ (Phase BS — registry at docs/.private/announcements/screencap-registry.md)
Kill-switch UI	Platform	/admin/kill-switch page loads for super-admin; all flags show correct state	✅
Short-link redirect	Docs	/r/* slugs resolve correctly on the deployed docs site	✅
Developer one-command battle cycle	CLI	lf battle dev-cycle --dry-run prints the 4-step plan; --dry-run is removed for the real cycle — see Phase BL	✅
Test coverage gate	QA	.github/workflows/coverage-gate.yml is green on main; scripts/coverage-gate.sh exits 0	✅
Anonymous browse	Platform	lf battle browse --limit 1 --status open succeeds credentialless	✅
Announcement dashboard	Platform	pnpm announcement:dashboard --once exits 0 on healthy local Supabase	✅ (Phase BT — scripts/announcement-dashboard.sh)
Limited Beta gates	Platform	pgTAP 59–62 plan(10) passes; fn_battles_create rate-limit + audit.webhook_outbox drain + ELO change log + moderation override all verified	✅ (Phase BV)
SDK alpha	Platform	@lenserfight/sdk@0.1.0-alpha.1 builds locally; quickstart docs exist	✅ (Phase BW — publish runs T-1)
Retention CTA	Frontend	fn_battles_next_recommendation + BattleResultCTA component render correct CTA on closed battle	✅ (Phase BX)
RC tag	Maintainer	v0.1.0-rc1 tag pushed; SHA recorded below	✅

Pre-announcement checklist

Run the automated checks the day before (T-24 h):

pnpm health:cron
pnpm docs:audit
pnpm smoke

All must exit 0. Do not proceed if any check fails.

Sign-off

Item	Status	Owner	Date
Final gate review	✅	Maintainer	2026-05-13
v0.1.0-rc1 tag SHA	record on git tag push	Maintainer	2026-05-13

The v0.1.0-rc1 tag is cut from main after pnpm docs:audit, pnpm smoke, and pnpm announcement:dashboard --once all exit 0. Record the resolved SHA via git rev-parse v0.1.0-rc1 and replace the placeholder above.

Related

• Announcement Day Runbook — operator checklist for go-live day
• OSS Launch Scope — what is and is not in scope for 0.10.0
• lf battle dev-cycle — Phase BL one-command lifecycle
• coverage-gate.yml — Phase BO CI gate
• smoke-timing.yml — Phase BU smoke ≤5 min CI gate
• SDK quickstart — Phase BW @lenserfight/sdk@0.1.0-alpha