The True Cost of a Failed Release (It's Not Just...

Cross-posted from the Unitix Flow Blog A failed release doesn't cost you 1 hour of rollback. It costs you trust. I talked to a team of 8 engineers recently. They had a failed release every 3-4 sprints. Each one looked small: 30 minutes to roll back, a few hours to debug, re-test by the next day. But when we added up the real costs, the picture changed completely. The Real Numbers Direct cost per failure: $4,000–$9,000 Rollback execution: 30-60 min × 2-3 engineers Debugging the root cause: 2-4 ho