The rollback rehearsal caught a missing health check we had ignored for months. The sprint felt intense but grounded.
— Zsófia , SRE lead
Release Automation
Release Train Hardening Sprint
A two-week sprint to tighten promotion rules, canary gates, and rollback switches without slowing product teams.
We pair with your platform engineers to implement safer promotion paths, add measurable guardrails, and document bypass paths that still meet quality standards. Coaching is embedded so the patterns stick after we leave.
Duration: 12 business days · Format: Hybrid Budapest / remote
From 920,000 HUF (informational, excluding VAT where applicable)
Request informationWhat is included
- Canary configuration review with SLO alignment
- Automated rollback rehearsals with annotated timelines
- Cross-org workflow notes between security and delivery
- Developer workflow redesign touchpoints for handoffs
- Post-deploy verification scripts with clear owners
- Office hours for teams adopting the new gates
- Executive readout with spend tiers for tooling changes
Outcomes
- Documented promotion path with fewer manual taps
- Rehearsed rollback that teams trust under pressure
- Shared metrics dashboard for release health
Responsible advisor
Áron Szűcs
Platform automation consultant specialising in progressive delivery for multi-product software companies.
Engagement filters
Engagement length: 3 weeks
Team size: 10-30 engineers
Delivery stage: Scale
Tooling stack: GitLab CI
FAQ
Will releases slow down?
Hover or focus to reveal
We aim for safer throughput, not arbitrary waits. Some teams temporarily see longer pipelines while we tune parallelism; we track lead time weekly.
Can you work with our on-call rotation?
Hover or focus to reveal
Yes. We schedule changes outside blackout windows and rehearse rollbacks with whoever carries the pager.
Limitations?
Hover or focus to reveal
We do not procure third-party licences or negotiate vendor contracts. We provide recommendations and integration sketches only.