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Releasing software
A release is a repeatable plan that is used to drive deployments.
Running deployments
Complete deployments by resolving the tasks in a deployment plan.
Resolving tasks
Complete a deployment by resolving the tasks in the deployment plan.

Releasing software
A release is a repeatable plan that is used to drive deployments.
- Managing a release
  Use the release details page to view details about a specific release.
- Managing releases
  Release management is the process of planning, scheduling, and controlling software deliveries.
- Creating releases
- Archiving releases
  You can archive a release to remove it from the list of releases.
- Events and tags
  An event represents a release-related activity that you manage with the calendar. A tag is a label that you can add to a release or an event. You can use tags to filter the Activities list on the Releases page. Tags do not appear on the calendar.
- Restoring archived releases, plans, and templates
  You can restore archived releases, deployment plans, and templates.
- Deployment plans
  A deployment plan is a container for tasks. Tasks define the activities that your team runs to complete a software deployment.
- Running deployments
  Complete deployments by resolving the tasks in a deployment plan.
  - Starting deployments manually
    Starting deployments manually
  - Resolving tasks
    Complete a deployment by resolving the tasks in the deployment plan.
  - Importing tasks into deployment plans
    You can import tasks that are defined in comma-separated values (CSV) files into a deployment plan.
  - Running scheduled deployments
    A scheduled deployment starts automatically at its scheduled time if any of its auto tasks are eligible to start.
- Tasks
  A task represents a business-meaningful activity that is associated with a software deployment. Each task is defined on a separate row in a deployment plan. During a deployment, you run tasks defined in the deployment plan to complete the deployment.
- Properties
  A deployment plan can contain user-defined properties. Properties values can be defined at design- or run-time.

Resolving tasks

Complete a deployment by resolving the tasks in the deployment plan.

About this task

A started task is resolved when its status changes to `Complete`, `Failed`, or `Skipped`.

You resolve manual tasks by using the appropriate status action. Auto tasks, such as HCL™ Launch tasks or Jenkins®, change status automatically as conditions change. However, you can manually resolve auto tasks. For example, you might manually fail an HCL™ Launch task that is taking too long to complete.

To resolve a started task, apply one of the following statuses:

Click Complete to finish the task. `Complete` means that the task finished with the expected results.
Click Skip to skip the task for the current deployment.
Click Fail to end the task. `Fail` means that the task did not finish or finished with unexpected results.
Click Task Reopen to open a resolved a task. If all tasks are completed, reopening a task reopens the deployment.