ideogram-prod-checklist

# Ideogram Production Checklist ## Overview Complete pre-flight checklist for deploying Ideogram image generation to production. Covers API key management, timeout configuration, image persistence, error handling, monitoring, and rollback procedures. ## Prerequisites - Staging environment tested - Production API key created (separate from dev) - Image storage configured (S3, GCS, or R2) - Monitoring stack ready ## Pre-Deployment Checklist ### API Configuration - [ ] Production API key stored in secret manager (not `.env` file) - [ ] Key is separate from dev/staging keys - [ ] Auto top-up billing configured with appropriate limits - [ ] Base URL is `https://api.ideogram.ai` (no trailing slash) ### Request Handling - [ ] `Api-Key` header used (not `Authorization: Bearer`) - [ ] Request timeout set to 60s+ (generation takes 5-15s, complex prompts longer) - [ ] Retry logic with exponential backoff on 429 and 5xx - [ ] Concurrency limited to 8 (below the 10 in-flight limit) - [ ] Prompt length validated (max 10,000 chars) ### Image Persistence - [ ] Images downloaded immediately after generation (URLs expire ~1 hour) - [ ] Downloaded to durable storage (S3/GCS/R2), not local filesystem - [ ] Filenames include seed for reproducibility tracking - [ ] Generation metadata (prompt, seed, model, style) stored in database ### Error Handling - [ ] 401 triggers key rotation alert - [ ] 422 (safety filter) logged with sanitized prompt for review - [ ] 429 handled with retry, not user...