As an expansion to before_release, add the following hooks within your .aptible.yml to set up better automation around app lifecycle events on Aptible:

• before_deploy (renamed from before_release. before_release is now deprecated, but will continue to work)

• after_deploy_success

• after_restart_success

• after_configure_success

• after_scale_success

• after_deploy_failure

• after_restart_failure

• after_configure_failure

• after_scale_failure

Check the docs for more information