𝟯 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀

𝟯 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀

I spent two weeks fixing production bugs. A redirect rule blocked my sitemap. Deployment lag slowed down image uploads. Now I run three fast checks after every build.

Use these to protect your site.

First, check the sitemap.

• Verify sitemap-index.xml returns a 200 status.
• Check the URL count in sitemap-0.xml.
• Low counts mean the data pipeline broke.
• This finds redirect errors before crawlers fail.

Second, notify search engines.

• Run a script to send URLs to IndexNow.
• Tell Bing and Yandex about new pages.
• Confirm verification keys work.
• Run this after the build is live.

Third, track performance.

• Run Lighthouse every Monday.
• Monitor Performance and accessibility scores.
• Look for layout shifts.
• Do not block deploys for small score drops.

Skip full end-to-end tests. Focus on the ways your site breaks. Static sites need simple checks.

Source: https://dev.to/morinaga/three-post-deploy-checks-i-run-after-every-cloudflare-pages-build-2on2