[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #8009: Phased releases and roll-outs of plugins

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#8009: Phased releases and roll-outs of plugins
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 Reporter:  matt              |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch         |
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Comment (by beccawitz):

 This is a really exciting development! Thank you to everyone who has been
 working on it. Gradual rollouts will be a huge step forward for plugin
 stability and user trust, and we’re very appreciative of the effort that’s
 gone into making this possible.

 From the perspective of a large-scale plugin like Elementor, we wanted to
 share a couple of thoughts. In the current design, only plugin
 committers/admins can manage these phased releases. For security reasons,
 we keep that group very small, which means every release would need to be
 funneled through just a couple of people. That creates a bottleneck that
 makes it difficult for us to realistically use this otherwise great
 feature.

 One idea that could help would be to introduce a dedicated role, such as
 “Release Manager,” who would have the specific ability to create and
 manage phased rollouts, without having the broader and higher-risk
 permissions that committers have (like deleting plugins).

 Additionally, it could be very valuable if release managers had the
 ability to stop or freeze a rollout during the 24-hour timer window. This
 would give teams a chance to pause a release mid-rollout if issues
 surface, before it reaches all users.

 We’re really grateful for the work being done here, and we hope this
 perspective from the large-plugin side is helpful as the feature evolves.

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