First day room

Launch day war room

Launch day operating order: quiet launch, smoke test, controlled payment, support watch, logs, rollback, and 24-hour review.

The first day should be a small watched fire, not a fanfare wildfire.

Before open

Open dashboards: Vercel logs, Stripe, Supabase, Resend, support inbox, issue log, and rollback deployment.

  • Logs open.
  • Support inbox open.
  • Rollback known.

First controlled user

Run the path as a real client and record timing for ask, checkout, result, email, account, support fallback.

  • Path timed.
  • Screenshots saved.
  • No blocker.

24-hour review

After 24 hours review payments, failed emails, errors, page speed, support messages, and confusing copy.

  • Error review.
  • Support review.
  • Fix list ready.

checklist

What to check

  • Dashboard links prepared.
  • Issue log template ready.
  • Support macros ready.
  • Known-good deployment bookmarked.
  • Ads paused until controlled path passes.

red flags

When to stop

  • No one watches support inbox.
  • Ads start before controlled payment path.
  • Rollback deployment unknown.
  • Errors are discussed in chat but not logged.

done when

Definition of done

  • First-day operating room is ready.
  • Controlled payment passed.
  • 24-hour review scheduled.

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