Control Packs · CHG-001 · v1.0.0
Protected Production Change
Make production changes reviewable, bounded, reversible where possible, and observable before automation can apply them.
Status: review · Review: not independent. This is design guidance; review status does not establish independent verification or compliance.
What this safeguard addresses
Protect production changes with explicit scope, preflight validation, approval, staged rollout, rollback, and auditability.
- Automated production change bypasses a confirmed boundaryA deployment or configuration change reaches production without precondition checks, approval, rollback, or an accountable record.
Matching rule
{
"characteristic": "PRODUCTION_MODIFICATION",
"equals": true
}Decisions you need to make
Leave a decision open when its value is unknown. Confirm a suggested value only if it matches your intended design.
- Which production changes require explicit approval and staged rollout?The system must not infer the acceptable blast radius for a production change.CHG-001-Q1 · confirmation
Requirements for the coding agent
- CHG-001-R1Require preflight validation, scoped approval, staged or bounded rollout, rollback readiness, and an audit record for production changes.
Tests and evidence to keep
- PRODUCTION_CHANGE_TESTVerify preflight rejection, approval, staged rollout, rollback, disable, and audit behavior.
- configuration_or_policy
- implementation_location
- test_result
- telemetry_definition
- operational_procedure
Passing a published example shows that example's behavior. A coding agent's implementation report remains a claim until its evidence is independently checked.
Related guidance
- CM-3 · Configuration Change ControlNIST_SP_800_53_5_2_0 · partially addressesApproval, staged rollout, and rollback requirements operationalize a slice of change control; they do not establish complete configuration governance.
- CM-4 · Impact AnalysesNIST_SP_800_53_5_2_0 · partially addressesPreflight validation and bounded blast radius support focused impact analysis; they do not replace a full analysis process.
- AU-2 · Event LoggingNIST_SP_800_53_5_2_0 · partially addressesProduction change events provide focused logging for reconstruction; they do not represent a complete audit program.
These references cover related topics. They do not mean this pack satisfies a framework, certifies your project, or has government endorsement.
- National Institute of Standards and Technology — Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and OrganizationsGUIDANCE_LEAST_AUTHORITY
- National Institute of Standards and Technology — Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and OrganizationsGUIDANCE_AUDITABILITY
- National Institute of Standards and Technology — Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and OrganizationsGUIDANCE_NIST_SP_800_53_5_2_0