Docker and CI/CD · Senior · Question 46 of 75

When is rolling forward preferred over rolling back?

1Only when the deploy happened more than a week ago
2Always, because rolling back is never supported by tools
✓Correct answer: When the change, like a migration, can't be safely undone

Explanation

Rollback is fastest when it's safe. With irreversible data changes, a quick fix deployed through a fast pipeline is often the safer recovery.

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