Change Failure Rate

Change Failure Rate is a percentage-based metric that measures the proportion of deployments that result in failures or incidents in a given time period.

Where to find it

  • Delivery > DORA Metrics
  • Health > Team Insights > Add new metric

Interpretation

  • High Change Failure Rate (>15%) indicates poor deployment quality or insufficient testing, increased operational overhead, reduced confidence in releases & higher mean time to recovery (MTTR).You should improve testing, deployment validation, and rollback procedures.
  • A Medium Change Failure Rate (5-15%) is acceptable, within reasonable bounds for most organizations and indicates a balanced approach to speed and stability.
  • Low Change Failure Rate (<5%) indicates reliable deployment processes, high confidence in releases, minimal operational disruption & faster deployment frequency.

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