@petehanssens @simonwaight @Netlify @AzureStaticApps The difference from what you describe is that "merging to prod" is the same as "deploying to prod" on Netlify.
...unless you pause auto deploys on prod (which we often do for timed releases so we can review the deploy permalink and then hit "Publish" the second we want it live)
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