What are the typical stages in a CI/CD pipeline?

A typical CI/CD pipeline flows through these stages: Source — a developer pushes code, triggering the pipeline; Build — source code is compiled and dependencies are installed (e.g., npm install && npm run build); Test — automated tests run (unit tests, integration tests); Code Quality — static analysis, linting, and coverage checks run; Security Scan — SAST tools scan for vulnerabilities; Package/Containerize — a Docker image or deployable artifact is built and tagged; Staging Deploy — the artifact is deployed to a staging environment; Acceptance Tests — end-to-end and smoke tests run against staging; Production Deploy — the artifact is deployed to production (manual gate for CD, automatic for Continuous Deployment); Monitoring — post-deployment health checks confirm the release is healthy.