Glossary definition

CI/CD for smart contracts

Smart contract CI/CD automatically builds, tests, analyzes, and packages a codebase when changes are proposed, while keeping deployment separately controlled.

also: continuous integration, continuous delivery, CI/CD · reviewed July 22, 2026

Continuous integration gives each change the same repeatable checks: compiler versions, unit and invariant tests, formatting, static detectors, coverage, and artifact verification. Failures become visible before a commit reaches a release branch.

For blockchain systems, continuous deployment deserves more caution than continuous delivery. Upgrade keys, multisig approvals, timelocks, reproducible bytecode, network selection, and post-deployment verification are security boundaries. A pipeline should make those decisions auditable rather than turn a passing test suite into automatic authority over production.

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