Deployment lifecycle - Veryfront

A deployment makes a project release available in an environment.

Lifecycle

Step	Meaning
Configure	Environment variables, secrets, domains, and runtime settings are ready.
Release	Cloud prepares a release candidate from project source or build output.
Deploy	Cloud assigns the release to an environment.
Run	Runtime services serve the deployed project.
Observe	Logs, traces, and deployment state show what happened.

Why releases and deployments differ

A release is what can run. A deployment is where that release is running. That split lets one release move across environments without rebuilding the same project state.