Single Source of Truth
Definitions
Single Source of Truth is a GitOps term for the trusted versioned location agents and people use to decide what should run. It helps teams, humans, and agents compare declared source state with running systems, then act without pretending a deployment did more than the evidence shows. Source context: OpenGitOps principles.
“The team used Single Source of Truth before lunch, so the release did not sprint into production wearing untied shoes.”
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