AI app deployment and launch — Vercel,
CI/CD, and rollback in 7 days.
Fixed-fee AI app deployment and launch for Lovable, Bolt, v0, Cursor, Windsurf, and Replit apps. Vercel launch AI app engagements, deploy-Lovable-to-production cutovers, and Bolt-deploy-fail rescues — CI/CD, env-var discipline, staging, monitoring, and a tested rollback plan, delivered in 7 days.
AI app deployment and launch gets your Lovable, Bolt, v0, or Replit app off the builder preview onto a real production host — Vercel, Fly, Railway, or AWS — with CI/CD, staging, env-var discipline, monitoring, and a tested rollback plan. Roughly 85% of broken AI-built deploys fail on five things: missing env vars, Supabase RLS disabled, OAuth redirects on localhost, Stripe webhooks on the preview URL, SSL/canonical wrong. We close all five. $1,999 fixed, 7 days, 7 days of post-launch on-call included.
Symptoms the deployment and launch pass fixes
Seven failure modes we see on every Lovable, Bolt, and v0 deploy. Each row is a distinct root cause with a distinct fix — not a try-harder and hope.
| Symptom | Root cause on AI-built deploys | How the launch pass fixes it |
|---|---|---|
| Lovable preview works, Vercel launch 500s | Env vars missing from the production Vercel project — the most common AI-built deploy break | Vercel launch AI app pass · env vars mirrored, secrets verified with a boot check |
| Bolt deploy fail with a blank page on production | Bolt's StackBlitz preview differs from Node on Vercel — import paths and filesystem assumptions drift | Bolt deploy fail fix · rewire next.config, verify runtime, add a build-time preflight |
| Deploy Lovable to production and login breaks | Google OAuth redirect URIs still point at the Lovable preview URL, not the production domain | OAuth + Supabase site URL alignment · redirect URIs registered for each environment |
| Stripe webhook stuck on test mode in production | Webhook endpoint still registered against the preview URL with test-mode signing secret | Webhook cutover · register production endpoint, rotate signing secret, replay missed events |
| SSL certificate errors on the apex domain | DNS A / CNAME records misconfigured; apex and www disagree on the canonical | DNS + SSL fix · A/AAAA records, canonical redirect, SSL verified end-to-end |
| Every deploy feels like Russian roulette | No staging environment; preview branches point at production data | Real staging DB + CI/CD · branch protection on main, required approvals, tested rollback |
| No error monitoring, outages surface on Twitter | Sentry unwired, uptime checks missing, logs scattered across the builder dashboard | Sentry + UptimeRobot + Slack · alerts land in the channel before users file tickets |
Seven-day Vercel launch AI app schedule
The schedule that turns a Lovable-preview or Bolt-deploy-fail app into a production launch in a week. Fly and Railway engagements run the same phases with host-specific wiring.
- D148h · audit
Launch-readiness audit
We read the repo, test the current deploy path, and list every gap between 'runs locally' and 'survives on production.' Written plan, fixed fee, delivered in 48 hours.
- D2day 2
Split real environments
Development, staging, and production environments split cleanly. Secrets mirrored across all three. Staging runs its own DB — no sharing production data for convenience.
- D3day 3–4
Wire CI/CD and preview deploys
GitHub Actions runs tests, type-check, and lint on every PR. Every PR gets a preview URL. Main branch pushes require approval before shipping to the production Vercel or Fly project.
- D4day 5–6
Launch behind a checklist
Pre-launch checklist — DNS, SSL, env vars, OAuth redirect URIs, webhook URLs, monitoring, rollback. Rollback is tested before launch, not after. Cutover during a low-traffic window.
- D5day 7 → +7
Post-launch on-call
Seven days of on-call after launch. Any Sentry spike, uptime alert, or customer report gets triaged in under two business hours. Written incident report for anything that fires.
- D148h · audit
Launch-readiness audit
We read the repo, test the current deploy path, and list every gap between 'runs locally' and 'survives on production.' Written plan, fixed fee, delivered in 48 hours.
- D2day 2
Split real environments
Development, staging, and production environments split cleanly. Secrets mirrored across all three. Staging runs its own DB — no sharing production data for convenience.
- D3day 3–4
Wire CI/CD and preview deploys
GitHub Actions runs tests, type-check, and lint on every PR. Every PR gets a preview URL. Main branch pushes require approval before shipping to the production Vercel or Fly project.
- D4day 5–6
Launch behind a checklist
Pre-launch checklist — DNS, SSL, env vars, OAuth redirect URIs, webhook URLs, monitoring, rollback. Rollback is tested before launch, not after. Cutover during a low-traffic window.
- D5day 7 → +7
Post-launch on-call
Seven days of on-call after launch. Any Sentry spike, uptime alert, or customer report gets triaged in under two business hours. Written incident report for anything that fires.
CI workflow and env-var preflight we ship on every launch
The workflow below lints, type-checks, tests, runs an env-var preflight that aborts deploys when a production secret is missing, and pushes to Vercel only after a manual approval. This single file closes the env-var miss that causes 40% of broken AI-built deploys. Cross-reference GitHub's workflow syntax guide and Vercel's environments docs for the full rules.
01# .github/workflows/deploy.yml02# CI + preview deploys + production gate. Copy-paste and fill in the blanks.03 04name: ship05 06on:07 push:08 branches: [main]09 pull_request:10 branches: [main]11 12concurrency:13 group: ship-${{ github.ref }}14 cancel-in-progress: true15 16jobs:17 # ---------- 1. lint, types, tests ----------18 check:19 runs-on: ubuntu-latest20 steps:21 - uses: actions/checkout@v422 - uses: actions/setup-node@v423 with: { node-version: 20, cache: npm }24 - run: npm ci25 - run: npm run lint26 - run: npx tsc --noEmit27 - run: npm test -- --run28 29 # ---------- 2. pre-launch env-var preflight ----------30 preflight:31 runs-on: ubuntu-latest32 needs: check33 if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'34 steps:35 - uses: actions/checkout@v436 - name: verify required production env vars exist37 env:38 NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL: ${{ secrets.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL }}39 NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY: ${{ secrets.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY }}40 SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY: ${{ secrets.SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY }}41 STRIPE_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.STRIPE_SECRET_KEY }}42 STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET: ${{ secrets.STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET }}43 NEXTAUTH_URL: ${{ secrets.NEXTAUTH_URL }}44 run: |45 for v in NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY \46 SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY STRIPE_SECRET_KEY \47 STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET NEXTAUTH_URL; do48 if [ -z "${!v}" ]; then echo "missing: $v" && exit 1; fi49 done50 [ "$NEXTAUTH_URL" != "https://app.example.com" ] && exit 1 || true51 52 # ---------- 3. deploy with Vercel ----------53 deploy:54 runs-on: ubuntu-latest55 needs: preflight56 if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'57 environment: production # requires manual approval58 steps:59 - uses: actions/checkout@v460 - uses: amondnet/vercel-action@v2561 with:62 vercel-token: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_TOKEN }}63 vercel-org-id: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_ORG_ID }}64 vercel-project-id: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_PROJECT_ID }}65 vercel-args: --prodWhat deploy-and-launch engagements ship
Twelve deliverables. Every one is in scope for the $1,999 fixed fee — if your app needs a larger engagement (full rescue, migration, productionization), we scope that separately.
- 01Production host setup on Vercel, Fly, Railway, or AWS — chosen to match the AI-built stack
- 02Domain configuration: DNS records, SSL provisioning, apex/www canonical, subdomains, custom email
- 03Environment-variable discipline: secrets stored in 1Password or Doppler, mirrored to every environment
- 04Separate development, staging, and production environments — not just preview branches on prod data
- 05CI/CD pipeline on GitHub Actions running tests, type-check, and lint on every pull request
- 06Preview URLs for every PR so stakeholders review changes in a real environment before merge
- 07Deploy automation: push-to-deploy with branch protection and required approvals on main
- 08Rollback capability: revert any deploy in under five minutes, tested before launch day
- 09Sentry or equivalent error monitoring wired on both client and server with source maps uploaded
- 10Uptime monitoring with Slack alerts so the team hears about outages before users do
- 11Launch checklist run end-to-end with a written sign-off before traffic moves
- 12Post-launch on-call for 7 days to catch anything that slipped through the pre-launch gate
Fixed-fee launch pricing
One price, one week, seven days of post-launch on-call. No hourly meter. The 48-hour audit sets scope and confirms the host choice before the clock starts.
“They deployed our Lovable app to production on Vercel, wired Sentry, and caught three env-var leaks before launch. Launch night was a non-event.”
- turnaround
- 7 days
- scope
- One AI-built app from preview to production on Vercel, Fly, Railway, or AWS. CI/CD, staging, monitoring, rollback, 7 days of post-launch on-call.
- guarantee
- rollback tested before launch, 7-day on-call
Deployment and launch vs DIY vs hiring a DevOps contractor
| Dimension | DIY on the builder | Hourly DevOps | Deploy & launch pass |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | $0 + lost nights | $6k–$20k open-ended | $1,999 fixed |
| Timeline | 3–8 weeks of guessing | 2–4 weeks, drifts | 7 days |
| Staging environment | Usually none | Usually none | Real separate DB and app |
| Env-var preflight | No | Rare | CI job fails on missing secret |
| Rollback tested before launch | Never | Sometimes | Always |
| Post-launch on-call | You | Extra hourly | 7 days included |
Pick deployment and launch if
- →Your Lovable app works in the preview and blanks out on Vercel
- →Your Bolt deploy fail keeps surfacing after env-var copy and next.config edits
- →You're ready to deploy Lovable to production but OAuth, Stripe, and DNS aren't aligned
- →You're about to launch publicly and don't have staging, CI, or a rollback plan
- →You shipped once, it broke, and you're scared to deploy again
- →Your app has real users now and needs Sentry, uptime alerts, and incident runbooks
Don't pick deployment and launch if
- →Your biggest problem is broken RLS or Stripe — start with Auth, Database & Integrations
- →Your app is not ready to go live — you need Finish My MVP first
- →You want us to run ongoing deploys forever — that's Retainer Support
- →You need a full framework migration — use App Migration
- →You need a single environment variable fixed — use Emergency Triage ($299)
- →You haven't decided whether to keep the app on the builder — start with the free diagnostic
When a Vercel launch AI app pass earns its fee
Your Lovable, Bolt, or v0 app works in preview and blanks out on Vercel. Classic env-var-propagation miss. We fix it inside the launch pass, add the rest of the infrastructure, and ship with rollback ready. Users often report “won't publish”, “won't go live”, or “every new deploy deploys into another universe” — this pass closes all three.
You're about to launch publicly and don't have a staging environment, CI pipeline, or rollback plan. Industry benchmarks — see our 2026 vibe-coding research — show roughly half of AI-generated code contains known vulnerabilities. Most production incidents we see could have been caught by a real pre-launch checklist. We run that checklist, fix what's found, and stay on-call through launch week.
You shipped once, it broke, and you're scared to deploy again. Classic AI-builder anxiety. We install a deploy pipeline where every change is tested in preview, approved, and reversible. Within two weeks, shipping changes becomes unremarkable.
Your app has real users and needs production-grade monitoring. Sentry wired, uptime alerts piped to Slack, log aggregation configured, incident runbook written. When something misfires, you know inside minutes — not from a Twitter complaint.
Deployment engineers who run Lovable-to-production launches
A real launch is hosting, a backend audit, and a security pass. Three specialists own those three.
Deployment and launch questions we get every week
Do you handle the DNS and SSL side of an AI app deployment and launch?
Yes — including email (Google Workspace, Fastmail), subdomains, SSL certificate provisioning, apex vs www canonical decisions, and the edge DNS records that Lovable and Bolt leave in strange states. We document every record so the next engineer can extend without breaking what works.
Which host do you recommend for a Vercel launch AI app engagement?
It depends on the stack. Next.js or React apps go to Vercel — Vercel's own docs cover the edge runtime rules. Long-running Node or Python services go to Fly.io or Railway. Heavy traffic, compliance, or complex backend requirements go to AWS. We pick in the 48-hour audit and explain the tradeoffs — no hosting-lock-in religion.
Can you set up staging without a second Supabase project or database?
We prefer a real separate staging database, not a shared production. Sharing prod is a disaster waiting to happen — one bad migration, one bad query, and you've corrupted real user data. Supabase and Neon both have cheap or free dev tiers; we wire one. The cost is tiny compared to the insurance.
Will the launch break my app?
No. We stage every change, run through a pre-launch checklist, and keep rollback ready. Launches should be boring. If something misfires, we revert in under five minutes. We've shipped 50+ AI-built apps to production with zero launch-day catastrophes — the 7-day post-launch on-call catches the rare tail.
What are the most common deploy Lovable to production failures you see?
In order: environment variables not propagated to the production host (~40% of broken AI-built deploys), Supabase RLS left disabled or too permissive (~25%), Google OAuth redirect URIs still pointing at the Lovable preview (~15%), Stripe webhooks pointing at the preview URL (~10%), and missing SSL or wrong apex/www canonical (~10%). We fix all of them inside the same $1,999 engagement.
What does a Bolt deploy fail usually look like in production?
Blank white screen, a 500 on the first Server Component, or the app loads but every API route returns 'env var undefined.' Bolt's StackBlitz preview runs on an in-browser Node that differs from real Node on Vercel — import paths, filesystem access, and env var resolution all drift. We rewire next.config, set the runtime correctly, and add a build-time preflight so the same failure can't recur.
Do you provide post-launch on-call?
Seven days of on-call is included in the $1,999 fixed fee. After that, most clients move to Retainer Support ($3,499/mo) covering ongoing deploys, alerts, and incident response. If you just want the launch itself, that's fine — we hand off with a runbook covering every piece of infrastructure.
Can you do the launch if our Lovable or Bolt app still has broken auth or RLS?
We'll flag it in the audit and recommend pairing this with the Auth, Database & Integrations engagement. Launching on top of broken RLS is how companies become case studies — we won't ship a known-vulnerable deploy. Combined auth + launch engagements run $3,500 to $6,500 fixed.
Related launch services
Related Vercel and Bolt deploy fixes
Ready to launch? Let's ship.
Audit first, launch second. No surprises — $1,999 fixed, 7 days, seven days of post-launch on-call included.