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A dress rehearsal for code, where everything works until real users show up.
means A near-identical copy of your production environment used to test changes before they reach actual customers.
from From theatrical staging — preparing a play before opening night — borrowed by software to mean the pre-launch dress rehearsal.
Famous lieIt works on staging.
The catchNever quite matches production where it counts.
Naming chaosAlso called staging, stage, preprod, or UAT.