Continuous Delivery Glossary Definition

Continuous Delivery is a software-delivery practice in which validated changes are kept ready for release through automated build, test, and packaging workflows.

Continuous Delivery (CD) is a DevOps delivery-automation concept used to build, validate, package, and release software changes through repeatable pipeline stages.

Continuous delivery stops short of requiring every successful change to be deployed automatically; that distinction separates it from continuous deployment.

Related concepts include Backend and Frontend.

Developers, release engineers, testers, and operations teams use this concept to create faster feedback, consistent quality gates, and safer releases.

Related concepts include DevOps and Deployment.

Additional Resource: DORA: The Four Key Metrics.