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POWhat is the definition of a Heroku production app?
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    copied!<p>I have an app running happily on Heroku, but it's registered as a 'development' app, and I can't for the life of me find any formal definition of what a 'production' app is, despite the apps dashboard and the status page making a very clear distinction between the two.</p> <p>I have come across <a href="https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-status">this</a> explanation of the status of the two, which suggests that the difference is implicit (based on usage) rather than explicit (based on some configuration / setup):</p> <blockquote> <p>Production issues are those that affect running, stable, production applications that have at least <strong>two web dynos and use a production-grade database</strong> (or no database at all). Includes dynos, database, HTTP caching, other platform components (DelayedJob workers, scheduler, etc.), and routing.</p> <p>Development issues are those that affect the health of deployment workflow and tools. Includes deployment (git push, gem installation, slug compilation, etc.), general git activity, command line gem/API (scaling up/down, changing configuration, etc.), and related services (rake, console, db push/pull with TAPS, etc.). Development also includes issues specific to the operation of non-production applications such as <strong>unidling free 1-dyno apps and the operation of development databases</strong>.</p> </blockquote> <p>Even these explanations reference a mysterious difference between development and production databases, although there is no corresponding explanation of the difference anywhere. Is the $9pcm 'Basic' Postgres plan a 'production' database?</p> <p><strong>[UPDATE]</strong></p> <p>There is now a 'Run Production Check' link on the app dashboard within your Heroku account that shows the steps to determine your app status. Screenshot attached:</p> <p><img src="https://dl.dropbox.com/s/tqh09dg9wk5gen6/Screen%20Shot%202013-04-04%20at%2011.01.35.png" /></p>
 

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