What's New in Octopus 3.4 - Elastic and Transient Environments

Octopus Deploy 3.4 introduces the concept of elastic and transient environments, which enhances support for environments where machines frequently change. Key features include machine policies, which allow customization of health checks, updates, and the handling of offline machines; a health check step that integrates into the deployment process to ensure machines are online; project triggers that automatically deploy updates when new machines are added; and project machine connectivity settings, which help manage deployments by skipping offline machines to prevent failures. These features are designed to streamline the management of dynamic environments, making it easier to maintain up-to-date deployments in changing infrastructures.