Algolia Production Checklist

Overview

Complete checklist for deploying Algolia search to production. Covers index configuration, API key security, replica setup, monitoring, and rollback procedures.

Pre-Production Checklist

Index Configuration

• searchableAttributes ordered by priority (first = highest)
• attributesForFaceting set for all filterable attributes
• customRanking configured (business metrics as tie-breakers)
• unretrievableAttributes set for fields that should be searchable but not returned
• attributesToRetrieve limited to fields needed by the UI
• typoTolerance tested (default: enabled, min 4 chars for 1 typo, min 8 for 2)
• removeStopWords configured for your language(s)
• distinct set if deduplication needed (e.g., one result per product group)