Steps of a release

Build the software with a pipeline
- validate product quality (unit tests, SonarCloud)
Deploy the software
- validate runtime stability (compare telemetry with previous version)
Release the feature
- validate feature usage

Definitions

Term	Definition
Release pipeline definition	steps to execute to get the artefacts, install and validate the software. template to run a release.
Release agent	the one who execute the tasks defined in the release pipeline definition. it is the same agent as the one used for the build.
Artifact	item from a git repository or a build pipeline
Stages	steps to deploy and validate a software
Tasks	subparts of a stage
Job	can execute a set of tasks. a job runs on a agent.