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Rollback plan

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

nounCommon term

In software engineering, rollback plan means: A prepared set of steps for restoring the previous stable version when a deployment or release causes serious problems.

In Turkish: geri dönüş planı

How it is used

Used in release management and incident response. A rollback plan usually defines triggers, owners, checks, and the exact order of recovery actions.

Example sentences

  1. Before tonight's database change, the team reviewed the rollback plan and assigned one engineer to verify restored backups.

    Here, rollback plan means the practical recovery procedure prepared in advance for a risky production change.

  2. The release notes included a rollback plan in case the new login flow increased authentication errors after deployment.

    In this example, the term refers to documented reversal steps attached to the release so the team can react quickly.

Common collocations

  • rollback plan
  • rollback procedure
  • deployment rollback
  • rollback steps
  • releaseA version of a product that is made available to users, or the act of making it available. Also a verb: to release a new version.
  • deployTo put a new version of software onto servers or devices so that it starts running there, for example in a test environment or for real users.

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