After tests pass, the pipeline will ___ the new version to production.
To deploy to production means to release software into the live environment users access. Deploy is the foundational DevOps verb, as in "deployment pipeline" and "production deploy." Send, post, and mail are everyday words lacking technical meaning. Engineers say "deploy to prod," so deploy to production is the precise, idiomatic collocation for putting a build live where real customers will use it.
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Once it passes staging, the team will ___ the build to the next environment.
To promote a build means to move the same tested artifact from one environment to the next, such as staging to production. Promote is the standard term, as in "promote through environments." Upgrade implies a new version, advance and forward are too vague. CD tools "promote artifacts," so promote the build is the precise collocation for advancing a verified release without rebuilding it.
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Quality checks ___ a release, blocking it until all criteria are met.
To gate a release means to require it to pass defined checks before it can proceed. Gate is the precise term, behind "quality gates" and "deployment gates." Door, fence, and wall are not used as verbs here. Pipelines have "approval gates," so gate a release is the correct collocation for enforcing that a build meets criteria, such as test coverage or security scans, before shipping.
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To reduce risk, the team will ___ the change to 5% of traffic first.
To canary a release means to roll it out to a small subset of traffic to detect problems early. Canary comes from "canary in a coal mine" and is the standard term, as in "canary deployment." Bird is literal, and while pilot and sample are close in meaning, neither is the fixed DevOps term. Engineers run a "canary," so canary the change is the precise collocation for a gradual, low-risk rollout.
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If the new version causes errors, the team will ___ to the previous stable release.
To roll back means to revert to a previous known-good version after a bad deploy. Roll back is the standard phrasal verb, as in "we rolled back the release." Roll over and roll up mean different things, and roll out means to release forward, the opposite action. Engineers say "initiate a rollback," so roll back to the previous release is the precise collocation for undoing a problematic deployment.