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DevOps & Automation · Foundational

Continuous Delivery (CD)

The practice of keeping software always in a releasable state, with every change automatically built, tested, and deployable to production on demand.

Definition

Continuous delivery automates the path to production but keeps a manual business decision (approval) to release. It requires automated testing, environment provisioning, and repeatable deployments.

Example

A pipeline deploys each build to staging automatically and waits for a release manager to approve production.

Exam tip

Delivery = manual approval before production; deployment = fully automatic to production. This distinction is heavily tested.

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