Fallback Release

Emergency release path when primary CI (GitHub Actions) experiences queue congestion, rate limiting, or service incidents.

When to use

• GitHub Actions workflows are stuck in "queued" state for >30 minutes
• Rate limit errors (403/429) from GitHub API during release
• Critical security patch needs immediate deployment
• Primary CI incident declared (check GitHub Status)
• just release fails due to CI infrastructure, not code issues

When NOT to use

• Code quality checks are failing (fix the code first)
• Tests are failing (fix the tests first)
• Version conflicts exist (resolve conflicts first)
• You have not verified the fallback builder environment