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Your company wants to implement a CD pipeline in Cloud Deploy for a web service deployed to GKE. The web service currently does not have any automated testing. The Quality Assurance team must manually

The correct answer is D. Create two pipeline stages, and use a standard deployment strategy.. Since the Quality Assurance (QA) team must manually verify the web service before it reaches production, the CD pipeline should include two stages: 1. Staging (QA) stage – Deploys the new version for manual verification. 2. Production stage – Deploys the verified version after QA

Submitted by alyssa_d· Apr 18, 2026Building and implementing CI/CD pipelines for a service

Question

Your company wants to implement a CD pipeline in Cloud Deploy for a web service deployed to GKE. The web service currently does not have any automated testing. The Quality Assurance team must manually verify any new releases of the web service before any production traffic is processed. You need to design the CD pipeline. What should you do?

Options

  • ACreate a single pipeline stage, and use a standard deployment strategy.
  • BCreate a single pipeline stage, and use a canary deployment strategy.
  • CCreate two pipeline stages, and use a canary deployment strategy.
  • DCreate two pipeline stages, and use a standard deployment strategy.

How the community answered

(29 responses)
  • A
    14% (4)
  • B
    7% (2)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    76% (22)

Explanation

Since the Quality Assurance (QA) team must manually verify the web service before it reaches production, the CD pipeline should include two stages: 1. Staging (QA) stage – Deploys the new version for manual verification. 2. Production stage – Deploys the verified version after QA approval. A standard deployment strategy is appropriate because automated testing is not yet in place, and a canary deployment would require automation to evaluate new versions progressively. This approach ensures that manual verification is completed before releasing changes to production while following a structured CD process.

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#CD Pipeline Design#Cloud Deploy#Deployment Strategies#Manual QA

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