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CI verifies every push with an automated build and test run; Continuous Delivery keeps main always deployable behind a human button; Continuous Deployment removes the button so every green pipeline ships. The distinction matters because each demands a different level of test confidence and a different organizational risk appetite — and interviewers love asking which one you actually have.

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