Rollback
Reverting a deployment or change to a previously known state.
Plain English
Undo the release and return to the last working version.
In context
A rollback is a recovery action used when a release causes unacceptable errors or risk.
Example
“Error rates are climbing so we should roll back this deployment.”
When you'll hear this
- deployment
- incident response
- release management
Common misunderstanding
A rollback restores an earlier state; it does not by itself fix the defect.
Also known as
revert
Commonly used by
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Updated: 2026-08-25
