The new reality of software delivery

Teams are writing dramatically more code, but fewer changes are reaching production.

Analysis of over 28 million CI workflows shows AI accelerating development while exposing a growing delivery bottleneck. A small group of top performers is shipping faster and more reliably, but most teams are falling behind as validation, integration, and recovery struggle to keep pace.

In this report, you’ll learn:

• Why AI-driven code growth is outpacing delivery, and where pipelines break first
• Which delivery metrics are declining most under AI scale (and why)
• How top-performing teams turn higher change volume into faster, more reliable releases
• How autonomous validation closes the gap between AI coding speed and shipped software

Download the 2026 State of Software Delivery, sponsored by Thoughtworks, to see where your team stands in the performance divide and get the benchmarks you need to turn AI code into shipped software.