Why this matters
The fastest way to waste a good site build is to launch with broken metadata, missing archives, or wrong canonical URLs.
Setup
Use a pre-launch checklist and run it before every major release.
check -> build -> inspect dist -> deploy -> inspect production URLsImplementation notes
Treat the checklist as operational documentation, not just a blog post. It should point back to tactical setup guides such as Astro Sitemap, RSS, and Canonical URLs.
Final checklist
- Feed and sitemap generated
- Category and tag pages built
- Canonical links use the production base URL