Managing feature flags effectively is crucial for agile development teams aiming to deliver seamless user experiences.

Integrating your feature management tools with your code repositories can significantly streamline this process.

In this blog post, we'll explore how to integrate Statsig's feature gates with GitHub to enhance your development workflow. We'll delve into setting up the integration, configuring and monitoring feature gates, automating maintenance with GitHub Actions, and best practices for managing feature gates efficiently.

Integrating feature gates with GitHub and Statsig

Integrating Statsig with GitHub simplifies the process of locating and managing feature flag references within your codebase. To get started, create a secure GitHub developer token with read access to the relevant repositories. Then, enable the GitHub Code References integration within the Statsig Console to navigate seamlessly between your code and feature flags.

Once the integration is set up, you can explore Feature Gates or Dynamic Configs in the Statsig Console. The Diagnostics tab displays code references, which you can filter by repository and file extension. This ensures you can quickly find where feature flags are implemented, while sensitive information remains secure.

To maintain a clean and up-to-date codebase, Statsig offers a GitHub Action that scans your repositories for gates and dynamic configs. It identifies stale gates and generates pull requests to replace them. This automation helps manage your feature flags throughout their lifecycle, reducing manual effort.

By leveraging Statsig's GitHub integration, you streamline your development workflow. You can easily locate, update, and manage your feature flags, enabling data-driven decision-making and faster iteration. This integration ensures a smoother user experience and a more efficient development process.

Configuring and monitoring feature gates in Statsig

Managing feature gates effectively is essential for agile development. Statsig simplifies this by allowing you to assign statuses like "In Progress", "Launched", or "Archived" to your feature gates. This helps teams track the lifecycle of features and identify which gates need attention or celebration.

Filtering and viewing gates by status in the gates catalog makes it easy to focus on gates that require action. The Diagnostics tab in Statsig provides valuable insights by showing code references, ensuring that gates are implemented correctly across your codebase.

With the GitHub integration, you can seamlessly locate feature flag and dynamic config references within your repositories. This integration uses the GitHub API to access only the necessary references, keeping your sensitive information secure.

By combining these tools, Statsig enables you to configure and monitor your feature gates efficiently. You gain better control over your feature rollouts, leading to improved collaboration and a smoother development process.

Automating feature gate maintenance with GitHub Actions

Keeping your codebase clean and up-to-date is crucial, and GitHub Actions can automate this process for your feature gates. The Statsig GitHub Action scans your repositories for feature gates and dynamic configs, identifying stale gates that need to be addressed. It generates pull requests with suggested code updates, streamlining the cleanup process.

Integrating the Statsig GitHub Action into your CI/CD pipeline enhances your feature management workflows. By promptly addressing stale gates, you reduce technical debt and maintain a clean codebase. This automation frees up developers to focus on building new features instead of manual cleanup tasks.

To set up the Statsig GitHub Action:

1. Add a new workflow file to your repository's .github/workflows directory.

2. Configure the action with your Statsig API key and repository settings.

3. Schedule the action to run periodically or trigger it manually as needed.

By leveraging GitHub Actions for feature gate maintenance, you improve your team's efficiency and ensure a smoother continuous delivery process. Automated workflows help maintain an organized codebase, making it easier to manage feature gates throughout their lifecycle. This integration between Statsig and GitHub is a powerful tool for teams aiming to optimize their feature management practices.

Best practices for managing feature gates with Statsig and GitHub

Ensuring proper governance and security when managing feature gates is paramount. With Statsig, you can apply role-based access by assigning roles like Admin, Editor, and Viewer to control access levels. Additionally, audit logs track all changes made to feature gates, providing transparency and accountability.

Maintaining gate configurations using Terraform aligns with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices. Statsig supports managing gates with Terraform by creating a .tf file to configure gates. This approach enables version control, collaboration, and reproducibility in your feature gate management.

Fostering collaboration and efficiency in feature deployment is crucial. Statsig's GitHub integration helps you locate feature flag references within your codebases, enhancing teamwork. By using standardized processes—such as GitHub Actions to scan repositories and create pull requests for stale gates—you streamline workflows and ensure smooth feature rollouts.

Statsig's feature gate lifecycle management tools further enhance efficiency. Assigning statuses like "In Progress", "Launched", "Disabled", and "Archived" helps teams track feature progress effectively. Filters in the gates catalog provide clear views on which gates require attention or cleanup.

By combining Statsig's feature management capabilities with GitHub's collaborative tools, your team can optimize feature gating workflows. These best practices ensure secure, efficient, and data-driven feature deployments, making your development process more robust and responsive.

Closing thoughts

Integrating Statsig with GitHub enhances your team's ability to manage feature gates efficiently. By configuring and monitoring feature gates, automating maintenance with GitHub Actions, and following best practices, you streamline your development workflow and deliver better user experiences. Combining these tools empowers your team to make data-driven decisions and iterate faster.

Request a demo

Statsig's experts are on standby to answer any questions about experimentation at your organization.

Grab a Demo