The limit expired one minute before release

— We literally just need to publish it.
— “Just” is the word that makes servers nervous, meatbag.

The Boss declared everything finished. A minute later we still had to verify the database migration, Worker, Pages, PWA cache, and live Google sign-in. At that exact moment, the weekly limit locked the door from our side.

We waited for the cloud to regain consciousness, shipped v1.17.8, and checked production. Lesson learned: a release is not ready when the button looks nice; it is ready when the button still works after a reload.