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Environments locking mechanism


When an application is being published in Environments, then the Zoho Creator will prevent any user from making changes to the application. The locking mechanism will be unlocked once the publish process is completed or in case the process fails.

The cases in which the applications in Environment will be locked are listed below:

 

Use Cases

Development

Stage

Production

Edit Mode

Live Mode

Live Mode

                                                                                                             Publish to Stage

Apps Selected and Clicked on Next

Selected and its dependent apps will be locked

 

 

Publish to Stage Initiated

Locked

Lock involved apps only

 

When Publishing to Stage is completed / Failed

Unlock selected and its dependent apps

Unlock involved apps only

 

                                                                                                          Publish to production

Publish to Production Initiated

 

 

Locked

Publish to Production is Completed / or When the schedule is deleted

 

 

Unlocked

 

Collision cases in Stage

Publish to Stage

User 1

 User 2

 Steps

Tries Publish to Stage Option in Publish Dropdown

In App Selection Screen

Apps Selected and Clicked on next

Apps Selected and Clicked on Next

 

"Another user is trying to publish" alert

 

"Another user is trying to publish" alert

 

Publish to Stage Initiated

Publish button disabled

When Publishing to Stage is completed / Failed

Publish button unlocked

Collision cases in Production

Publish to Production

User 1

 User 2

 Steps

Tries Publish to Production Option in Publish Button

In Version Selection Screen

Version Selected and Trying to click on Next

Package selected and clicked on Next

 

"Another user is trying to publish" alert

 

"Another user is trying to publish" alert

 

Publish to production scheduled / Set to test and publish

Publish button disabled

Publish to production is completed/ Or when schedule is deleted

Publish button unlocked


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