Quick Deploy
Quick Deploy skips re-running Apex tests for a deployment that already passed validation, but only within a tight time and org-state window.
Definition
Quick Deploy lets a metadata deployment reuse the test results from a prior successful validation-only deployment, a check-only run against the same target org, instead of re-running Apex tests, cutting deploy time significantly for large packages where test execution is the slowest part of the pipeline. It only works if the validated deployment is still valid, Salesforce invalidates it after roughly 10 days or after certain org changes, and if any metadata in the package differs from what was validated, quick deploy isn't available and the platform falls back to a full test run. Teams that rely on quick deploy in a fast-moving pipeline sometimes hit the expiry window right when they need it, turning what should have been a five-minute deploy back into a full test cycle at the worst possible moment. Our CI/CD pipeline guide covers optimizing deploy speed.
How it works in Serpent
Serpent's release pipeline runs preflight validation early and keeps deployments scoped to what actually changed, so most releases stay small enough that a full test run isn't the bottleneck quick deploy is designed to work around. See release management in Serpent for how deployments stay fast.
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