Developer Guide — Testing & Deployment Procedures for DLA (Phase 0 — Extremely High-Level)

Document Version: 1.0 Date: August 8, 2025 Author: CrownThrive, LLC — [email protected] Project: CHLOM™ — Compliance Hybrid Licensing & Ownership Model

1. Objective

Provide an extremely high-level testing and deployment framework for the Decentralized Licensing Authority (DLA) under the TLAAS protocol, ensuring functional stability, compliance accuracy, and secure delivery into production environments.

2. Testing Goals

• Functional Validation — Ensure all smart contract methods work as intended.
• Compliance Integrity — Validate rule enforcement and jurisdiction mapping.
• Performance Benchmarking — Test under stress and high transaction volume.
• Security Hardening — Identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.
• DAO Governance Testing — Simulate governance actions and outcomes.

3. Testing Stages

• Unit Testing — Validate each function with deterministic inputs.
• Integration Testing — Test interactions between DLA, DAL, LEX, and Compliance AI.
• Security Audits — Internal and third-party audits for vulnerabilities.
• Load Testing — Simulate high transaction throughput.
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT) — Involve governance participants before launch.

4. Deployment Pipeline

• Staging Environment — Full DLA replica on a testnet with simulated governance.
• Continuous Integration (CI) — Automated builds, tests, and lint checks.
• Continuous Deployment (CD) — Secure, version-controlled deployments.
• Multi-Sig Approval — Required before mainnet deployment.

5. Rollback Procedures

• Smart Contract Versioning — Maintain previous stable versions.
• Automated Revert Scripts — Roll back to prior state in case of deployment failure.
• Incident Reports — Required for governance review post-rollback.

6. Example CI/CD Workflow

stages:
  - build
  - test
  - audit
  - deploy

build:
  script: npm install

test:
  script: npm run test

audit:
  script: npm run security-audit

deploy:
  script: npm run deploy:mainnet
  when: manual
  only:
    - tags

7. Security Considerations for Developers

• Sign all deployments with verified keys.
• Require multi-party sign-off for governance-sensitive updates.
• Maintain immutable deployment logs on the CHLOM Ledger.

8. Phase Roadmap for Development

• Phase 0 — Define QA strategy, staging workflows, and rollback plans.
• Phase 1 — Implement CI/CD pipeline for testnet.
• Phase 2 — Conduct full security and compliance audits.
• Phase 3 — Deploy with DAO oversight to production.
• Phase 4 — Post-deployment monitoring and optimization.
• Phase 5 — Establish long-term automated governance-based updates.

Next Developer Task: Proceed to Phase 4–5 Launch Plan & Governance Transition for DLA — finalize DAO control migration, multi-chain expansion, and scaling strategy.