dependency-upgrade-safety

Review and stage dependency upgrades with compatibility and rollback awareness.

Dependency Upgrade Safety

Trigger Signals

  • the task upgrades packages, libraries, SDKs, or frameworks

Inspect First

  • dependency manifests, lockfiles, changelogs, and affected entrypoints

Workflow

  1. identify changed packages and affected surfaces
  2. evaluate compatibility and migration risk
  3. define validation and rollback expectations
  4. summarize upgrade safety status

Output Contract

  • upgrade impact summary
  • compatibility risks
  • validation plan
  • rollback note

Failure Modes

  • release notes or migration notes are missing

Escalation

  • escalate when the upgrade changes a critical runtime contract