Rocket.new · Keep the Build
Ready to stop asking Rocket Launch to keep the public origin online? Staging and Production URLs plus Rocket-managed Netlify leave the host seat; ZIP or GitHub on a host you run takes over. Keep the Next.js or Flutter Build you already proved; stop needing Launch → Update as the recovery playbook.
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Getting Rocket.new out of the host seat means ZIP/GitHub is how you ship, Staging/Production secrets rotate without opening Environment tabs, and Unpublish on Rocket — or pausing the Rocket origin — leaves the public origin healthy. Downloading a ZIP alone is homework. An exit is a day the app stays public after you stop opening Launch for every release.
Where exits go wrong
Files move. Env tabs, connector remounts, DNS, and the habit of “open Rocket and Launch → Update” do not move unless you plan them.
If the domain, Netlify path, and vault still sit under one personal seat, you copied files. You did not leave.
Stand the destination host before you drain Launch.
Copy names, mint fresh values, rotate what touched the panel.
Status, a contact, and a way to kill a bad release must live on something the team runs — not in one person’s Launch button.
The exit we actually run
Org remote, vaulted secrets, cold build, then a day with Rocket Launch paused.
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Second named admin before you cut the habit.
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Fresh values. Shared vault. Rotate what touched Staging and Production.
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Second engineer clones ZIP/GitHub, builds, and ships without Rocket rights. Disable reliance on two-way sync for production merges.
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Only then retire “open Rocket and Launch → Update” as the recovery playbook.
How to
Cut dependence on Rocket Launch. Keep the Build. Prove a day without Production Publish.
Step 01
Launch URLs, Environment tabs, Versions, connector panel values.
Step 02
Second admin named. Personal seats off the critical path.
Step 03
No leftover Rocket Launch context.
Step 04
Sign-in, writes, Stripe/Supabase, and undo.
Step 05
Support knows the old recovery habit. Then retire it.
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Customer traffic still hits Rocket Staging or Production Launch hostnames; secrets only exist in Environment Staging/Production tabs; deploys require Launch → Publish/Update; GitHub is optional history while Netlify only exists through Rocket. Opening Rocket for Chat or Visual edit is fine. Needing Rocket Launch for production availability is the lock-in.
Stand up the destination host with a parallel hostname first. Copy secret names from Staging and Production env tabs, inject fresh values, remount Supabase/Stripe to destination projects, and dual-allow Auth redirects until journeys pass. Flip DNS only after OAuth and webhooks succeed off Rocket; then remove Staging URLs from allowlists.
The ZIP download or GitHub push becomes the only release artifact: CI builds from a clean checkout, injects destination secrets, and deploys to the non-Rocket host. For Next.js TypeScript, disable reliance on Rocket two-way sync for production merges. Second-engineer proof: clone, build, release without Rocket admin rights.
Publish the new origin, migrate bookmarks and marketing links, and keep temporary redirects from old Rocket/Netlify URLs where you control DNS. Drain Launch (Unpublish where plan allows) only after Supabase Auth, Stripe, and long-lived embeds run on the destination. Tell support the cutover window so “open Rocket and Launch → Update” stops being the recovery playbook.
Bring how people sign in, who holds the custom domain, and whether Unpublish would take the site down. We put owned ship last — and we name the Launch path you can roll back to.
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