What occurs to the user stories included in a promotion after a successful deployment?

In a typical deployment process within Copado, when user stories are included in a promotion and the deployment is successful, these user stories are not simply deleted or reset; rather, they are marked as completed. This indicates that the work associated with these user stories has been finished and is now considered part of the production environment.

However, the assertion that user stories are moved to the next environment in the pipeline is not accurate. Once a user story is promoted and deployed successfully, it reflects that it has been completed in the current environment, meaning it will not automatically transfer to another environment; instead, it is regarded as being fully processed within that specific environment.

By marking them as completed, the system effectively tracks the progress of these user stories, indicating that they have been delivered successfully. This helps in maintaining clear visibility over what has been done and what remains to be done in the project lifecycle.