Launch operations and reliability readiness

Problem

The graph library renders every chart in Dataface as SVG, but there is no operational telemetry around rendering performance, accessibility compliance, or interaction failures. If a chart type silently produces malformed SVG, triggers excessive render times on large datasets, or fails accessibility audits, there is no detection or alerting in place. Support ownership for visual rendering bugs — tooltips not appearing, axes clipped, colors inaccessible — is undefined, and there is no incident playbook for chart rendering regressions. At launch, rendering issues would manifest as broken visuals across every dashboard with no systematic way to identify, reproduce, or resolve them.

Context

• Public launch for visual language, chart defaults, interaction behavior, and differentiated styling needs more than feature completeness; it also needs clear ownership, monitoring, support routing, and a practiced response to failures.
• Without explicit launch operations, the team will discover gaps in alerts, escalation, rollback, or user communication during the most visible part of the release.
• Expected touchpoints include dataface/core/render/chart/, chart design docs, examples, and visualization test coverage, runbooks, monitoring or review surfaces, and any launch-day coordination artifacts.

Possible Solutions

• A - Handle launch ops informally through the people closest to the code: workable for small releases, but too fragile for public launch.
• B - Recommended: define an explicit launch operations package: owners, dashboards/checks, escalation paths, rollback steps, and user/support communication rules.
• C - Delay launch until a broader platform-operations program exists: safest, but likely more process than this specific launch needs.

Plan

1. List the launch-day risks for visual language, chart defaults, interaction behavior, and differentiated styling, including failure modes, ownership gaps, and dependencies on adjacent teams or systems.
2. Write the required runbooks and operating checklists covering monitoring, escalation, rollback, and communication.
3. Confirm the launch support model with named owners and the minimal dashboards, logs, or review artifacts they need to do the job.
4. Run a tabletop or rehearsal pass and update the plan anywhere the team still relies on tribal knowledge instead of written procedure.

Implementation Progress

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