Operations → Deployment
Continuous Deployment
The practice of automatically deploying validated changes to production or production-like environments.
Motivation
Continuous deployment automatically releases validated changes to production. It solves the problem of making delivery frequent, small, and repeatable.
Mental model
If the pipeline passes, the change ships without a manual release ceremony.
Where it fits
Continuous Deployment belongs to the Operations track, inside Deployment. It connects to nearby concepts through the graph relationships on this page and in the graph explorer.
Common mistakes
- Confusing continuous deployment with continuous delivery.
- Automating deployment before tests and observability are trustworthy.
- Shipping without rollback mechanisms.
Related concepts
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