rollback-workflow-builder

Rollback Workflow Builder

Build safe, fast rollback mechanisms for production deployments.

Manual Rollback Workflow

# .github/workflows/rollback.yml
name: Rollback

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      version:
        description: "Version to rollback to (e.g., v1.2.3 or previous)"
        required: true
        type: string
      environment:
        description: "Environment to rollback"
        required: true
        type: choice
        options:
          - staging
          - production
      reason:
        description: "Reason for rollback"
        required: true
        type: string

jobs:
  rollback:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: ${{ github.event.inputs.environment }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}

      - name: Verify version exists
        run: |
          if ! git rev-parse ${{ github.event.inputs.version }} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
            echo "❌ Version ${{ github.event.inputs.version }} not found"
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "✅ Version ${{ github.event.inputs.version }} exists"

      - name: Get current version
        id: current
        run: |
          CURRENT=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
          echo "version=$CURRENT" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "Current version: $CURRENT"

      - name: Confirm rollback
        run: |
          echo "🔄 Rolling back from ${{ steps.current.outputs.version }} to ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
          echo "Environment: ${{ github.event.inputs.environment }}"
          echo "Reason: ${{ github.event.inputs.reason }}"

      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: "20"

      - run: npm ci
      - run: npm run build

      - name: Deploy rollback
        run: |
          ./scripts/deploy.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.environment }}
        env:
          DEPLOY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_TOKEN }}

      - name: Verify deployment
        run: |
          ./scripts/health-check.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.environment }}

      - name: Create incident issue
        uses: actions/github-script@v7
        with:
          script: |
            github.rest.issues.create({
              owner: context.repo.owner,
              repo: context.repo.repo,
              title: `Rollback: ${context.payload.inputs.environment} to ${context.payload.inputs.version}`,
              body: `## Rollback Details

              **Environment:** ${context.payload.inputs.environment}
              **From:** ${{ steps.current.outputs.version }}
              **To:** ${context.payload.inputs.version}
              **Reason:** ${context.payload.inputs.reason}
              **Triggered by:** @${context.actor}
              **Time:** ${new Date().toISOString()}

              ## Next Steps
              - [ ] Verify rollback successful
              - [ ] Investigate root cause
              - [ ] Create fix
              - [ ] Update postmortem
              `,
              labels: ['incident', 'rollback']
            })