LaunchDarkly Introduces Release Autopilot, Automating Release Safeguards for AI-Written Code

Source: The Manila times
Published on: 2026-11-05 13:11

With 91% of engineering leaders more cautious about pushing AI-written code to production, new automation handles release protection so safeguards keep pace with AI code velocity OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LaunchDarkly, the runtime control platform for the AI era, today introduced Release Autopilot, automation that lets engineering teams ship more AI-written code with less manual release work and has automated safeguards against production issues. This new functionality helps decide which code changes need a feature flag, rolls them out gradually, reverses the ones that exceed limits engineers set, and removes the flag when the rollout is done. LaunchDarkly has seen the shift to AI-written code firsthand. With AI now assisting on over 80% of its pull requests, merged pull requests have grown 2.1x with roughly the same number of engineers, while time spent on hig...

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