governance2026-01-271 min read
Prompt Versioning and Rollbacks for Production Agents
Treat prompts like code—semantic versions, changelogs, and instant rollback when behavior shifts.
title: Prompt Versioning and Rollbacks for Production Agents
description: Treat prompts like code—semantic versions, changelogs, and instant rollback when behavior shifts.
date: 2026-01-27
tags: [governance, reliability, prompts, operations]
The rule
If you can’t roll back a prompt in seconds, you don’t have production prompts.
Recommended versioning scheme
- MAJOR: output contract changes
- MINOR: behavior improvements
- PATCH: typos, small fixes
What to store per version
- template body
- system prompt
- tool schemas referenced
- evaluation snapshots
- policy bundle hash
Rollback workflow
- mark version as “active”
- pin workflows to the active version
- regenerate recent runs for regression comparison
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