Release documentation
Release documentation coverage checklist
Compare release changes with public documentation, migration guidance, examples, references, and known limitations before handoff.
Target outcome
A coverage register showing which release changes are documented, blocked, under review, or explicitly not public-facing.
Work through the evidence
before the final claim.
- 01
Create the release change inventory
List added, changed, deprecated, removed, and behaviorally different surfaces. Include configuration, defaults, limits, permissions, and error behavior.
- 02
Map each change to reader tasks
A changelog entry may announce a feature without teaching installation, migration, operation, troubleshooting, or rollback.
- 03
Check examples and references
Confirm code examples, schemas, parameter tables, screenshots, links, version labels, and error guidance match the release.
- 04
Assign an explicit disposition
Mark every change covered, review-required, blocked, internal-only, or not applicable with evidence and an owner.
Example input
A concrete first pass
An API release adds a required permission and changes the default page size, while only the changelog mentions the new version.
Reviewable output
Two blocking coverage gaps: authentication setup and pagination behavior, each linked to the affected reference and migration task.
The team sees buyer-facing failure risk before the release becomes a support incident.
Important boundaries
What this workflow does not prove
- Coverage does not prove technical correctness of the release.
- Internal-only changes should be justified rather than forced into public docs.
- Security-sensitive details may require a restricted documentation path.
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Use ReleaseProof Docs Gate for the structured first pass.
Check release documentation evidence and expose missing or conflicting items before a release handoff.