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3.1.6. Pipeline Maintenance and Optimization

Pipelines require ongoing maintenance: secrets expire, tasks release breaking versions, agents need patching, and build times creep upward. This section covers the authentication patterns that minimize credential management, the optimization techniques that keep pipelines fast, and the maintenance practices that prevent silent degradation.

Alvin Varughese
Written byAlvin Varughese
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