Publishandrun

Publishandrun is a term used in software development to describe a workflow in which code or assets are published to a deployment target and immediately executed or invoked. The concept emphasizes the seamless transition from code publication to runtime execution, often within cloud-native, serverless, or containerized environments. It is commonly encountered in documentation and tutorials that discuss streamlined deployment practices and automated run-time initialization.

In practice, publishandrun encompasses variations depending on the platform. In serverless contexts, it may refer to deploying a function code package and triggering its execution in response to an event. In containerized or orchestration setups, it can mean pushing a new image to a registry and starting or updating a running service. Across these scenarios, the process typically includes packaging, publishing to a target (artifact repository, container registry, or function service), and initiating execution, often with automated checks.

Common workflow elements include version tagging, validation and testing, security scanning, deployment, readiness checks, and monitoring. Automated rollback mechanisms are frequently part of the pattern to mitigate failures. Publishandrun is usually integrated into broader CI/CD, GitOps, or DevOps toolchains and may be implemented with platform-specific features such as Kubernetes deployments, cloud function services, or build-and-release pipelines.

Security considerations are important, as execution may occur with newly published code. Best practices include access controls, gated promotions, automated testing, canary or blue-green deployments, and robust observability. There is no universal standard definition for publishandrun; it is a descriptive term that various teams adapt to their tooling and workflows.

See also: continuous deployment, CI/CD, GitOps, DevOps, serverless computing, container orchestration.