> They way I've run CD is we had continous deployment to a staging environment where final testing and stakeholder review happens, then periodic deployments to

> They way I've run CD is we had continous deployment to a staging environment where final testing and stakeholder review happens, then periodic deployments to production. As you hint at, it is called continuous delivery, not continuous deployment. The best strategy IMO is to mob with testers, and clarify how a thing will be tested before implementing it. It saves you a lot of headaches.