Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for managing product feature release in a cloud-based computing environment

A computer-implemented method for managing feature release in a cloud-based computing environment, comprising:

• retrieving feature release data objects from a feature release data repository, each of the feature release data objects comprising feature metadata, category metadata corresponding to the feature metadata, and release metadata corresponding to the feature metadata;
• selecting a subset of the feature release data objects in response to determining that category metadata of each feature release data object in the subset of the feature release data objects indicates a feature category associated with a scheduled release track subscription and that release metadata of each feature release data object in the subset of the feature release data objects indicates a release time subsequent to a previous feature bundle generation time and prior to a current time, the previous feature bundle generation time being associated with the scheduled release track subscription;
• generating a feature bundle data object based at least in part on feature metadata of each feature release data object in the subset of the feature release data objects;
• and
• transmitting the feature bundle data object to a first client device associated with the scheduled release track subscription at a subsequent feature bundle release time associated with the scheduled release track subscription.

A computer program product for managing feature release in a cloud-based computing environment, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising an executable portion configured to:

• retrieve feature release data objects from a feature release data repository, each of the feature release data objects comprising feature metadata, category metadata corresponding to the feature metadata, and release metadata corresponding to the feature metadata;
• select a subset of the feature release data objects in response to determining that category metadata of each feature release data object in the subset of the feature release data objects indicates a feature category associated with a scheduled release track subscription and that release metadata of each feature release data object in the subset of the feature release data objects indicates a release time subsequent to a previous feature bundle generation time and prior to a current time, the previous feature bundle generation time being associated with the scheduled release track subscription;
• generate a feature bundle data object based at least in part on feature metadata of each feature release data object in the subset of the feature release data objects;
• and
• transmit the feature bundle data object to a first client device associated with the scheduled release track subscription at a subsequent feature bundle release time associated with the scheduled release track subscription.