Shopify / Shopify/shipit-engine

Potentially use GH's required status checks instead of allow_failures

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Description

We currently use the ci.allow_failures config in shipit.yml to determine whether or not a commit is deployable. With the introduction of protected branches and status checks (https://github.com/blog/2051-protected-branches-and-required-status-checks) we might be able to get rid of that setting and use whatever is configured on Github.

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Research direction

Start by tracing how ci.allow_failures in shipit.yml determines whether a commit is deployable. Read GitHub's protected branches and required status checks documentation, then identify the deployment decision entry point. Done means establishing whether GitHub's configured required checks can replace ci.allow_failures and documenting or implementing the resulting behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
github, ruby
Domain
ci-cd, devops, release
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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