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title: API gateway rollback
source: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/workflow-automation/workflow-examples/advanced/api-gateway-rollback
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Detect deployments via New Relic change tracking, send Slack approval requests, and automate API Gateway rollback using AWS Systems Manager.

**Requirements:**

-   AWS credentials (API Gateway + Systems Manager)
-   Slack token
-   New Relic entity monitoring

**What this workflow does:**

-   Detect recent deployments using New Relic change tracking
-   Send Slack notifications with approval buttons `(:+1: or :-1:)`
-   Create SSM document after approval to automate rollback
-   Roll back API Gateway integration to previous Lambda version
-   Create new deployment to apply rollback
-   Send status notifications to Slack
-   Clean up SSM document after completion

**Key actions**: `newrelic.nerdgraph.execute`, `slack.chat.postMessage`, `slack.chat.getReactions`, `aws.systemsManager.writeDocument`, `aws.systemsManager.startAutomation`, `aws.systemsManager.waitForAutomationStatus`, `aws.systemsManager.deleteDocument`

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