Rolling out a breaking change to a shared Button
WHAT IT TESTS: managing a breaking change in a high-blast-radius component. OUTLINE: major semver bump, deprecation period, codemod and migration guide, staged comms. RED FLAG: forcing an immediate hard cutover with no deprecation window or upgrade tooling.
WHAT IT TESTS: whether you can change a heavily used component without breaking consumers overnight. ANSWER OUTLINE: bump major version, keep the old API working with deprecation warnings during an overlap window, supply a codemod plus migration guide, announce early through changelog and team channels, and track adoption before removing the old path. RED FLAG: shipping the breaking change as a minor, deleting the old prop immediately, or relying on a single Slack message and expecting dozens of teams to react instantly.
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