When something breaks in production, you don't need a conference call. You need a button. Launchpad's Rollback Engine provides atomic swaps and instant canary aborts to stop bleeding instantly.
Under the hood
Launchpad doesn't just delete files; it orchestrates infrastructure-level state changes. We use immutable registries and atomic environment swaps to ensure your rollback is as clean as your deploy.
Every artifact is tagged, versioned, and immutable. When you deploy version 2.1.4, that version is locked. Rollbacks don't rely on "rolling back" a process; they switch the runtime reference to the previously validated 2.1.3 artifact.
We use an atomic switch to swap traffic between environments. There is no "half-way" state. If the switch fails, Launchpad automatically reverts to the previous stable state, preserving data integrity and service availability.
Canary Abort
Launchpad handles canary deployments automatically. You define a traffic split (e.g., 5% to new version) and a health threshold (e.g., latency > 200ms or error rate > 1%). If the metrics breach, Launchpad aborts the rollout instantly, rolling back to 0% new traffic.
No manual intervention required. The system protects your users from the "bad deploy" before they even notice.
Threshold breach detected. Aborting...
Deployment Strategy
Maintain two fully identical production environments. When you deploy, you promote to the "Green" pool. If something goes wrong, you switch the load balancer to "Blue" instantly. No blue-green configuration files to maintain.
Users never see a 502 or a flash of white screen during a rollback. The switch is handled at the edge network layer, ensuring seamless continuity.
Before flipping the switch, Launchpad validates the new environment's health endpoints. It won't let you promote to production if the service is actually down.
If the new version has issues, the rollback isn't a "re-deploy"—it's a DNS flip. It takes milliseconds, not minutes.
Audit Trail
Launchpad logs every state change. Who triggered the rollback? What was the error code? Which artifact was swapped? This gives you the forensic data needed to debug production incidents and improve your deployment strategy.
"We had a memory leak introduced in the latest build that spiked CPU usage to 400%. Users started complaining about timeouts. Using Launchpad, I clicked the rollback button in the UI and the traffic was redirected back to the stable version in under 30 seconds. The alerting was the real MVP though—it pinged PagerDuty before I even finished the click."
The safety net you need
Watch Launchpad automatically detect a failure and rollback the deployment in real-time. No credit card required.
