Go-live Checklist

Use this checklist before production rollout.

Environment and secrets

• Separate API keys for dev/staging/prod

• All keys stored in secure environment variables or secret manager

• No secrets committed to code repository

Integration quality

• Tokenize on write paths validated

• Detokenize only in approved workflows

• reason provided for detokenization calls

• Bulk endpoints used for high-volume operations

Reliability

• Retry strategy implemented for 429 and transient 5xx

• Monitoring and alerts on error rates

• Integration load tests completed

Security and operations

• API key rotation process documented

• Incident response runbook created

• Access permissions reviewed (least privilege)

Business readiness

• Support team trained on token-based workflows

• Compliance stakeholders validated process

• Rollback plan documented

Make sure to validate all your tests before moving to production.