# Launch evidence sheet

Morten A. Giraffe · Website launch field guide
https://www.mortenagiraffe.com/journal/website-launch-checklist


Release or commit: ______
Environment and URL: ______
Review date: ______
Reviewer: ______
Devices and browsers: ______

Use **Verified** for a check that passed in its stated scope, **Partial** for mixed or limited proof, **Unverified** for a check waiting on evidence, and **Not applicable** with a reason. Redact personal information, credentials and private URLs before sharing.

Example · October 30, 2026. A sampled guide image delivered 13,836 bytes of AVIF at 640px. That verifies the response measured at that width. Other sizes and pages need their own evidence.

| Check | Status | Scope and observation | Evidence location | Owner and next step |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Trace one submission through the privacy policy | Unverified | | | |
| 2. Measure the image that actually arrives | Unverified | | | |
| 3. Make the terms fit the actual offer | Unverified | | | |
| 4. Separate a slow test from a slow audience | Unverified | | | |
| 5. Inspect what ships to the browser | Unverified | | | |
| 6. Read the quietest text on its real background | Unverified | | | |
| 7. Follow the request all the way to HTTPS | Unverified | | | |
| 8. Finish the task with less room | Unverified | | | |
| 9. Try every consent choice in a clean session | Unverified | | | |
| 10. Give a lost visitor a real way back | Unverified | | | |
| 11. Tell similar pages apart in a search result | Unverified | | | |
| 12. Follow links to the promised destination | Unverified | | | |
| 13. Read the page as a link preview | Unverified | | | |
| 14. Make a failed form worth retrying | Unverified | | | |
| 15. Look at the icon at tab size | Unverified | | | |
| 16. Test abuse protection and a genuine retry | Unverified | | | |
| 17. List the pages you actually want discovered | Unverified | | | |
| 18. Count the outcome the report claims | Unverified | | | |
| 19. Describe what the image contributes here | Unverified | | | |
| 20. Make the next action predictable | Unverified | | | |

## Release decision

Open blockers: ______
Accepted limits and owner: ______
Reviewed commit and Preview: ______
Production approval: ______
Rollback target: ______
Post-release observations: ______