Following these practices after a successful upgrade helps ensure long-term stability and prepares you for future upgrades.

After completing the upgrade and validation:
  1. Monitor runtime behavior: Watch for unexpected errors, performance changes, or authorization issues in the first 24-48 hours.
  2. Retain backups: Keep pre-upgrade backups for at least one release cycle.
  3. Clean up development artifacts: After confirming stability, remove outdated wheel files and previous distribution archives.
  4. Review logs: Check container logs for warnings about deprecated settings or upcoming breaking changes.
  5. Test edge cases: Verify error handling, timeout behavior, and authorization enforcement beyond basic tool invocation.
  6. Update monitoring: Adjust monitoring thresholds if default values changed.
  7. Document lessons learned: Record any unexpected issues or additional steps needed for future upgrades.