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Release decision record template

Status: release candidate template for adaptation.

Related chapters: 15, 16, 19, 20, 23.

Intended user: release owner, platform owner, verifier/eval owner, security reviewer and accountable product owner deciding whether an agentic change can advance to the next rollout wave.

What to adapt: release waves, evidence requirements, accepted-risk roles, observation windows, stop criteria, rollback owners and residual-risk language.

Limitations: this template records an engineering release decision. It does not replace formal risk acceptance, change-management or compliance workflows where those are required.

Change

  • Change ID:
  • Agent or capability:
  • Owner:
  • Risk tier:
  • Release wave:
  • Decision date:

Evidence

  • Eval summary:
  • Trace sample:
  • Policy bundle:
  • Verifier result:
  • Known findings:
  • Open risks:

Decision

  • Decision: approve, approve with constraints, hold, freeze, rollback.
  • Constraints:
  • Observation window:
  • Stop criteria:
  • Rollback owner:
  • Next review:

Rationale

  • Why this decision is acceptable:
  • What would change the decision:
  • Who accepted residual risk: