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Preview and production deployment

Preview is intentionally easy; production is intentionally gated and evidence-backed.

CURRENT PRODUCT CAPABILITIES
01

Managed preview

Shipsite can publish a project-scoped preview before you connect a domain, GitHub, or Cloudflare. The preview is labeled as not live and is the version used for visual review and QA evidence.

02

Shipsite-managed production

The default platform mode can promote the checked static bundle to Shipsite-managed Cloudflare after QA and the production Owner Gate. Source versions remain exportable; the deployment receipt records the exact approved version.

03

Your Cloudflare account

Own-Cloudflare mode requires a verified, target-scoped token. Shipsite renders the approved site into the owner's Worker, binds the selected domain, applies the supported security baseline, and records partial evidence when an account plan cannot apply a setting. Large OpenNext sites use the repository delivery path rather than the compact static Worker bundle.

04

Release order and rollback

Production requires the exact-version QA result, launch approval, deployment manifest, runtime smoke, and recorded production URL. Rollback points to an immutable prior version; new source and production stay separate until the release succeeds.