Continuous Delivery
A practice of keeping software in a releasable state through automated build test and deployment processes.
Plain English
Make every validated change ready to release safely when the organization chooses.
In context
Continuous delivery reduces release risk with small changes reliable automation environment management and repeatable recovery while retaining a business release decision.
Example
“The pipeline supports continuous delivery even though production releases require approval.”
When you'll hear this
- software delivery
- release engineering
- platform planning
Common misunderstanding
Continuous delivery does not necessarily mean every passing change is automatically released to production.
Also known as
CDcontinuous delivery pipeline
Commonly used by
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Updated: 2026-08-27
