CHLOM License Exchange (LEX) — Final Testing & Deployment Procedures (Phase 3→4)

Owner: CrownThrive, LLC Date: 2025-08-08 Classification: Internal — End-to-End Quality Assurance & Rollout Strategy

1. Purpose

This document defines the complete set of technical, operational, and governance-aligned procedures for validating, approving, and deploying the LEX platform into production. It ensures the system meets all compliance, performance, and security benchmarks before going live, while providing a rollback-ready strategy.

2. Scope

  • Covers staging-to-production promotion workflows.
  • Applies to all LEX components: Smart Contracts, APIs, Frontend Marketplace, DAO governance integrations, and Cross-Chain Bridges.
  • Includes both automated and manual test stages.

3. Pre-Deployment Requirements

  • All modules must pass unit, integration, and system-level tests with >95% coverage.
  • Smart contracts must have completed security audits (internal + external).
  • ZKP verifiers must be validated against test vectors from the Obsidian Circuit Library.
  • Compliance Automation Modules must pass jurisdictional rule simulations.
  • DAO governance proposal for go-live must be approved by required quorum.

4. Testing Stages

4.1 Functional Testing

  • Validate core flows: License Search → Purchase → Issuance → Renewal → Revocation.
  • Verify correct rendering of metadata in UI and API responses.
  • Test interoperability on all supported chains.

4.2 Security Testing

  • Conduct penetration testing on API endpoints.
  • Run fuzz testing on smart contracts.
  • Perform adversarial ML testing on fraud detection models.

4.3 Performance Testing

  • Load test APIs to 2× expected TPS.
  • Stress test smart contract calls on simulated peak network congestion.
  • Monitor gas/weight consumption against benchmarks.

4.4 User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

  • Engage pilot group of license issuers, regulators, and holders.
  • Capture UX feedback and log all issues.

4.5 Chaos Testing

  • Simulate node failure, bridge downtime, and API outages.
  • Validate failover and recovery mechanisms.

5. Deployment Process

  1. Canary Rollout — Deploy to a limited percentage of users and monitor critical metrics.
  2. Progressive Expansion — Increase rollout percentage at pre-defined checkpoints.
  3. Full Deployment — Switch over all users upon meeting stability KPIs.

6. Rollback Strategy

  • Maintain snapshot backups for all chain states and database entries.
  • Keep last two production builds containerized and deployable.
  • Automate DNS failover for API endpoints.

7. Post-Deployment Monitoring

  • Enable real-time monitoring for API latency, error rates, compliance verification failures, and DAO governance events.
  • Trigger alerts when error rate exceeds 0.5% for 5 consecutive minutes.
  • Schedule 72-hour post-launch review and monthly governance audits.

8. Final Sign-Off

  • LEX can only be marked as fully deployed after:
    • All KPIs are met.
    • Compliance audit logs are archived.
    • DAO governance ratifies final deployment state.

This final testing and deployment procedure ensures that LEX launches with operational excellence, minimal risk, and full alignment with CHLOM’s compliance-first mandate.

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