# DevOps and CI/CD

#### Continuous Integration

* Every pull request triggers a test + build pipeline via GitHub Actions or GitLab CI

#### Automated Testing

* Unit, integration, and smoke testing on all services
* Coverage reports and mutation testing

#### Deployment Pipelines

* Staging and production pipelines with manual approval gates
* Container image builds and registry push to Docker Hub or GitHub Packages

#### Quality Assurance

* Pre-deploy QA testing with scenario simulations
* Regression testing suite for major releases

#### Release Management

* Semantic versioning (SemVer)
* Release notes automatically generated
* Hotfix and patching workflows included