Standard lifecycle

Status

Current

Reviewed

July 24, 2026

Cadence

Review each quarter

This is a living standard, not a frozen product catalog. Cloudflare, GitHub, and framework defaults change. The reference must change with them on purpose.

Review schedule

Review the standard:

• Each quarter
• After a material Cloudflare product change
• After a security incident
• After a failed recovery exercise
• Before a high-risk project adopts a new platform feature
• When a supported framework reaches end of support

Review process

1. Check current support.

   Review primary Cloudflare, Astro, GitHub, and package documentation.

2. Check live use.

   Compare the standard with active repositories and Cloudflare projects. Note where production already diverges.

3. Review evidence.

   Use incidents, performance, cost, and developer work as inputs.

4. Propose a change.

   State benefit, migration impact, risk, and recovery plan.

5. Test the change.

   Use a reference project or a limited pilot, such as demo-crm.

6. Publish the decision.

   Update the canonical standard and this site in one pull request.

Change classes

Class	Example	Required action
Editorial	Clearer wording or links	Review and publish through normal checks.
Compatible control	A new validation check	Test the check and update adoption guidance.
Stack change	A new default service or framework	Complete a reference pilot.
Breaking control	A rule that blocks current projects	Add migration, exception, and recovery guidance.
Retirement	Removal of a default tool	Define the supported replacement and transition.

Version approach

The site presents one current standard. Git history is the change log.

Create formal versions only when multiple supported baselines are required. Do not add version menus before that need exists.