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How to keep an AI-built app healthy after launch: a simple routine

Last updated November 9, 2026

An app needs maintenance after launch. Packages become old, keys expire and services change. Use this routine to find problems before your users find them.

Do these steps one time

  1. Put your code on GitHub. In Lovable, open Project settings, then Git, then GitHub.
  2. Write a list of each service that your app uses. Include the host, database, domain, email, payments and AI.
  3. For each service, write the account owner, the payment card and the renewal date.
  4. Keep passwords in a password manager. Do not write passwords in the list.
  5. Start an uptime monitor. An uptime monitor tells you when your app is down.
  6. Read the details of your database plan and make sure that the plan includes backups. Some free plans do not include automatic backups.
  7. Write a list of the main tasks that users do in your app.

Each week: about 10 minutes

  1. Read all alerts from your uptime monitor.
  2. Open the live app and do each main task.
  3. Read the error logs of your host and your database.
  4. Read the emails from your services. Find warnings about limits, payments and old versions.
  5. Apply updates for known security problems. Read how to update packages.

Each month: about one hour

  1. Update patch and minor versions of your packages in small groups.
  2. Do the security checks again.
  3. Read the usage page of each service. Make sure that the app is not near a limit.
  4. Remove people who no longer need access to your accounts and your repository.

Every three months: about two hours

  1. Restore a backup to a test project. A backup that you did not test can fail when you need it.
  2. Make new keys for important services. Remove the old keys.
  3. Plan the major updates of your packages. Do one package at a time.
  4. Read the renewal dates of your domain and your paid services.
  5. Update your list of services.

After each large AI edit

An AI edit can change more parts of the app than you asked for. Test the complete app after a large edit.

  1. Before the edit, save the current version. In Lovable, bookmark the version.
  2. Ask for one change at a time.
  3. After the edit, do each main task.
  4. If a main task fails, return to the saved version.

When to get help from a developer

  • People outside your company can possibly read the data of your users.
  • The app charges customers an incorrect amount.
  • The same problem occurs again after two or more repairs.
  • A major update causes errors that you cannot repair.

How Uptendr helps

Uptendr does many of these tasks for you. Uptendr checks uptime every few minutes and checks your pages each night. Uptendr also scans for keys in your code and for unsafe packages. Uptendr builds and checks each update, then sends it as a pull request. You must still control your accounts, your backups and your database rules.

See how Uptendr operates

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