deployctl deploy ignores the --prod option

TL;DR

Upgrade deployctl and retest. deployctl deploy ignoring the --prod option was fixed in v1.13.1.

Steps

1. Issue denoland/deployctl#353 (closed, 6 comments): After deploying with said command, upon visiting the Deno Deploy's dashboard, it can be seen that no deployment is set as a production environment. When visiting the production website, its responds with "404 - The requested deployment does not exist." Users have to manually promote an environment to production through the dashboard. deployctl deployments redeploy --prod fails saying that the project does not have a production environment and preview environment's ID has to be manually set in order to actually promote.
2. deployctl deploy ignoring the --prod option was fixed in v1.13.1. Upgrade deployctl and retest.

When to use

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When not to use

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Versions

Versions mentioned in the source: v1.13.1. If you are on something much newer or older, the details may have shifted.

Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

Sources

• https://github.com/denoland/deployctl/issues/353

In https://github.com/denoland/deployctl/issues/353, the reporter asked: Issue denoland/deployctl#353 (closed, 6 comments): After deploying with said command, upon visiting the Deno Deploy's dashboard, it can be seen that no deployment is set as a production environment. When visiting the production website, its responds with "404 - The requested deployment does not exist." Users have to manually promote an environment to production through the dashboard. deployctl deployments redeploy --prod fails saying that the project does not have a production environment and preview environment's ID has to be manually set in order to actually promote. The verified answer: deployctl deploy ignoring the --prod option was fixed in v1.13.1. Upgrade deployctl and retest. Source thread: https://github.com/denoland/deployctl/issues/353