Release Pipeline Automation

Most software teams have automated parts of their release pipeline. The CI/CD runs automatically. Tests fire on merge. But the full pipeline — from the moment a customer reports something to the moment a fix is deployed and everyone who needs to know has been told — still has humans filling the gaps. Someone creates the Jira ticket. Someone updates the status. Someone notifies Slack. These aren't engineering tasks. They're coordination tasks. And they happen every single rele