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How do you implement a manual approval gate for production deployments?

Q: How do you implement a manual approval gate for production deployments?

> 1. Define an environment (e.g., `production`) in the GitHub Repository Settings. 2. Configure **Required Reviewers** under the Environment Protection Rules. 3. Reference the environment in your workflow job (`environment: production`). When the workflow runs, execution pauses on this job and notifies reviewers to approve or reject the deployment.

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Define an environment (e.g., production) in the GitHub Repository Settings.
Configure Required Reviewers under the Environment Protection Rules.
Reference the environment in your workflow job (environment: production). When the workflow runs, execution pauses on this job and notifies reviewers to approve or reject the deployment.

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