Working on your machine is only one check
An AI-built app can reach its first screen quickly. A public release also involves other accounts and devices, a network that fails, and data already stored by users. 'It looks right' and 'it can be operated' require different checks.
You cannot test every possibility at the beginning. Pick the most important user journey and start with conditions that could break it.
Check these six areas before release
Do not record only 'checked.' Note when and how each check was done. After deployment, repeat the key journey on the public address.
- Sign-up and sign-in: can a new account join, return, and sign out?
- Data: does it survive a refresh and appear on another device?
- Mobile: can a person read and tap everything on a narrow screen?
- Errors: are invalid input and server failures understandable?
- Access and privacy: are other accounts' records hidden and server secrets kept off the client?
- Recovery: can you roll back code and restore data if needed?
Sources OWASP Top 10:2025
Keep the evidence behind the release decision
Wellnote can keep the reviewed artifact and remaining issues together. Recording which version you released and what you checked gives the next revision a starting point. Configure tests, backups, and access limits in the actual production system.