This task is a set of pre- and post-launch items adapted from the team's Experiment Launch Checklist. We plan to launch Share Highlights on Monday, May 18 Tuesday, May 19.
2 weeks before launch (Week of 5/4)
- Code is feature-complete (only bugfix and instrumentation work after this week; avoid adding/removing message strings)
- Ensure that the feature flag config var (placed prior to security review) is removed from ReaderExperiments - https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/ReaderExperiments/+/1285325
- Communicate launch date to affected wikis (note: this step is specific to giving the community an update on the expected launch timeline, not a substitute for early community consultation)
- Check translations are available for the product launch (if applicable). Ask ambassadors to expedite translations if not. Consult the measurement spec for the list of target wikis. #reader-ambassadors Slack channel can be used to request additional translations (make sure to check with Eliza first)
- Arabic
- French
- Chinese
- Vietnamese
- English
1 week before launch (week of 5/11)
- T424591: [Share Highlights] Bug Bash tasks complete
- Ensure all necessary patches are backported to production ahead of experiment launch.
- Communicate launch date to affected wikis (note: this step is specific to giving the community an update on the expected launch timeline, not a substitute for early community consultation)
- Go/No Go meeting with stakeholders async document drafted
- Configure experiment with start date in Test Kitchen - https://test-kitchen.wikimedia.org/experiment/share-highlight
Immediately before launch
- Final go/no go signoff
- [Discuss open risk] no border on text-only cards per T426269: Share Highlight: fix share floating button and text-only quote card border
- [Discuss open risk] cards missing images on some clients per T424667: [QA task] Share highlight - production check
- [Discuss open risk] height of the dialog with image not being correct per T426616: Card height incorrect when there's an image
- Turn on the experiment in Test Kitchen
Post-launch
- Validate production data (Kafka, Hive, Superset) - instructions