# Releases ### Overview Ozone releases are an abstraction over pipelines and proprietary approval stages. With releases, you can add gated approval steps prior to or after the execution of a pipeline. In addition you can listen to external events such as pushes to a git repository and have them triggered automatically A typical scenario for a release is as follows: * A developer commits to a git repository * The system builds and starts automation scans * A possible manual approval step is needed to be sent to an external system * The image is promoted manually to the next environment {% hint style="info" %} For more information, check the section on [using approvals within releases](broken://pages/4ssjcP8lngSB7GdxvD9D) {% endhint %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.ozone.one/ozone-end-user-guide/faq/releases.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.