pr-ci-cd-shiplisted

# Ship a branch through CI/CD, hands-off A reusable loop for taking a change from branch to verified-in-production without babysitting. The core idea: **let the pipeline's own run-watch be your wake signal** (a backgrounded `gh run watch` re-invokes you on completion) instead of polling, and **read every gate before you approve it.** ## The loop 1. **Branch + commit + push + PR.** Branch off FRESH trunk (`git fetch && git switch -c feat/x origin/main`). Open the PR with a body that states what changed + how it was verified. 2. **Watch CI as a BACKGROUND command** — don't poll: ``` gh run watch <run-id> --exit-status --interval 20 # run in background; it notifies you on completion ``` The completion notification is your wake signal. (GitLab: `glab ci status`/poll; any CI with a blocking "wait" command works the same way.) 3. **On green, merge** (squash is the common trunk policy). On red, see "Flakes vs real failures". 4. **If there's a deploy step,** trigger it, then **review before applying** (next section). 5. **Verify live** — a health endpoint (200) AND an auth-gated endpoint (401 unauth) proves the service is up and the gate works; check the orchestrator's steady state (e.g. ECS deployments==1). 6. **Update living docs** as the final small commit. ## Manual approval gates — READ before you approve Pipelines with a production gate pause between **plan** and **apply**. Treat the gate as a real review, not a rubber stamp: - The paused run often blocks ru