Check Pre environment is fully working ahead of 16.4 release prep
As a follow-on from the issues we experienced in the leadup to 16.1 we decided to introduce a Pre environment check ahead of the monthly release steps. This issue should be completed by someone who is not currently a release manager to reduce pressure in the lead-up to the release.
To make sure we have Pre in a working condition please deploy an auto-deploy package that has recently been deployed to Production, to the Pre environment and make sure all tests pass. If you discover any problems please work with Delivery and Quality team members to resolve them before the 19th to avoid delaying the release prep.
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auto-deploy package: 16.4.202309140800-5e05e1eff4b.26434d81818
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Successfully deployed to Pre using https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release/docs/-/blob/master/runbooks/deploy-to-a-single-environment.md -
Test suites passing: https://ops.gitlab.net/gitlab-com/gl-infra/deployer/-/pipelines/2314791
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Outcome of this issue shared in #g_delivery slack channel