Reliable Releases: Tests, Polyfills, and Hydration Fixes
By Team Valor AI · December 12, 2024
Shipping every week only works if production stays stable. Here is how we made Valor’s release train tougher.
Highlights
- Vitest coverage now protects critical workflows with fast unit and integration suites.
- IntersectionObserver polyfills keep dashboards rendering correctly in older browsers.
- Hydration guards prevent client/server mismatches that previously caused blank pages.
- Automated smoke tests run on every deploy to catch regressions before humans do.
Why it matters
Velocity without reliability is reckless. These investments keep the roadmap moving while veterans enjoy uninterrupted service.
How to follow along
- Review the latest release notes in the reliability scorecard linked below.
- Run the Vitest suite locally to see the new coverage tiers.
- Inspect the deployment pipeline to watch smoke tests running on each environment.
Screenshots to capture
- CI pipeline stage showing Vitest success.
- Browser console demonstrating hydration guards preventing errors.
- Reliability scorecard with uptime and incident summaries.