Checklist
Release log template
One page per candidate build. Boring identity beats heroic debugging.
Identity
- Marketing version / build number / git SHA
- Xcode version + SHIP or EXPLORE lane
- Ship factory: local or named CI job
Signing
- Team ID + bundle ID
- Automatic/manual + cert/profile expiry
- Capabilities delta since last store version
Quality gates
- Archive smoke on this exact build
- TF notes with build number
- dSYMs stored outside DerivedData
- Store facts + What’s New + review demo account
- Export compliance note still accurate
- Last known good recorded
Destinations
- Processing completed
- TestFlight internal / external
- App Store submit only after freeze