Rocket.new · Runtime host exit
Leaving Rocket.new as runtime means Rocket Launch URLs, credit-backed deploys, and workspace Context stop being what keeps customers online. Solve research and Build chat remain useful for discovery—or a design sandbox—but an owned Next.js or Flutter tree, org Supabase/Stripe connectors, and a non-Rocket host become where the process lives. You are ending dependence on Rocket hosting and Launch-as-deploy—not discarding the screens, schemas, and journeys Rocket already generated.
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CodeCross LLC defines get-off-rocket as a Launch-host disconnect: Next.js or Flutter Build DNA stays, but Rocket-managed Netlify and credit-backed deploys stop serving buyers. GitHub Sync or a paid ZIP becomes the artifact; Stripe and Supabase keys leave Environment tabs. Finished when Unpublish or a paused custom domain leaves the advertised origin answering.
What still binds you to Rocket as the host
Opening Rocket for Solve or Build spikes is fine. Needing credit-backed Launch and Rocket-held Stripe keys for availability is the lock-in. The tells are DNS, connector rotation, and who must click Launch.
Marketing links, bookmarks, and Auth allowlists that name Rocket-managed Netlify mean Rocket is still the runtime—not just the Build IDE.
If Stripe or Supabase cannot serve a session without Rocket Environment tabs, you have not left. Destination credentials must answer without the panel.
A release that cannot leave the Launch panel is not an exit. The destination deploy has to be the only production path.
Incident docs that name the editor as recovery prove the host exit is incomplete. The playbook must name the destination host.
How the runtime actually leaves Rocket
Stand the destination first. Dual-allow Auth until journeys pass from a clean checkout. Flip DNS. Remove Rocket Staging and Production URLs from allowlists only after connectors are reminted under org accounts.
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Sync or ZIP the project. Copy secret names from both env tabs, inject fresh values, and remount Stripe/Supabase onto org projects. Paid ZIP download may be required—plan that constraint.
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Keep Rocket Staging hostnames on allowlists only for the cutover window. OAuth and webhooks must succeed on the destination before you drain Launch.
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CI builds from a clean checkout. Production never deploys from “whatever Chat just produced.” Second-engineer proof: no Rocket admin required.
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Migrate marketing and bookmark links. Keep temporary redirects where you control DNS. Align cancel dates for Rocket credits with finance.
How to
Parallel hostname, remapped connectors, then a DNS flip. Success is pausing Launch with the public domain still healthy.
Step 01
Traffic on Rocket Launch hostnames, connector keys that only rotate in the workspace, credit-backed deploys required to stay online, or “Launch an older Version” as rollback.
Step 02
GitHub Sync or ZIP the project; mint fresh Stripe and Supabase keys on org accounts; dual-allow Auth until journeys pass from a clean checkout.
Step 03
Signup, session, writes, and payments run on the non-Rocket host. Keep Launch as rollback only until that window closes.
Step 04
CI builds from a clean checkout. Rocket may still iterate Build for spikes; production never deploys from the open editor.
Step 05
Migrate links, keep redirects you control, and tell support that “open Rocket and Launch again” is no longer how you recover.
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Owned origin if you are not ready to leave Rocket Launch hosting yet.
Auth and data checklist
Session and schema spine after you re-home Rocket connectors.
Proof dashboard
Named charts and methodology for the headline numbers.
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If DNS still points at Rocket production, if rollback means “Launch an older version in Rocket,” or if connector keys only rotate inside the Rocket workspace, you are still on Rocket runtime. Opening Rocket for Solve/Build experiments is fine. Needing Rocket credits for production availability is the lock-in.
Stand up the destination host with a parallel hostname first. Sync or ZIP the project, mint fresh connector secrets on org accounts, dual-allow Auth callbacks until journeys pass from a clean checkout, then flip DNS. Remove Rocket staging/production URLs from allowlists only after OAuth and webhooks succeed off Launch. Paid ZIP download may be required—plan that constraint explicitly.
A second engineer with org Git access and no Rocket admin ships a fix through CI. Shared Context and role-based workspaces may continue for research and prototypes; they must not be the only path that mutates production. Incident docs name the external host—not “open Rocket and Launch again.”
Inventory every connector the Build authenticated into the thread. Recreate under org vendor accounts with fresh keys; update the extracted app; verify payments and data paths on the parallel hostname. Drain Rocket-held credentials after cutover so workspace history cannot revive production access. Align cancel dates for Rocket credits with finance.
Bring the Rocket origin and the destination hostname. We will say whether traffic still needs Launch — or whether GitHub Sync already owns the journey.
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