What defines a pipeline in Copado?

A pipeline in Copado is defined as a path for components through the release management process. This concept is central to how Copado facilitates the movement of changes from development through to production. Pipelines allow teams to visualize and manage the flow of different components—such as code, configurations, and metadata—ensuring all necessary steps are followed during releases.

By establishing this path, teams can manage their deployment processes more effectively, ensuring that various environments (like development, testing, and production) are properly integrated into the release workflow. This also aids in implementing best practices such as automating deployments, integrating testing stages, and incorporating approvals as needed.

While other options such as user stories awaiting approval or collections of environments may play roles in the overall development process, they do not encapsulate the specific definition of a pipeline, which is about the structured route components take through release management. Similarly, credential sets pertain to security and access management rather than defining the pipeline itself.