# state of software delivery

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## 5 takeaways from the State of Software Delivery Q2 Pulse report

DevFeed: [5 takeaways from the State of Software Delivery Q2 Pulse report](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/5-takeaways-from-the-state-of-software-delivery-q2-pulse-report-13351.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://circleci.com/blog/five-takeaways-2026-q2-pulse/>)

Author: Jacob Schmitt

Published: 2026-07-08T13:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [The CircleCI Blog Feed | CircleCI](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-circleci-blog-feed-circleci.md>)

Topics: [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [ci-cd-benchmarks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci-cd-benchmarks.md>), [circleci-news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/circleci-news.md>), [cost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cost.md>), [developer-productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-productivity.md>), [efficiency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/efficiency.md>), [merge-efficiency-ratio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/merge-efficiency-ratio.md>), [popular](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/popular.md>), [report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/report.md>), [software-delivery](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-delivery.md>), [software-delivery-metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-delivery-metrics.md>), [software-delivery-pulse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-delivery-pulse.md>), [software-delivery-report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-delivery-report.md>), [state-of-software-delivery](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/state-of-software-delivery.md>), [teams](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/teams.md>), [velocity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/velocity.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

### AI overview

CircleCI releases its 2026 State of Software Delivery Q2 Pulse report, based on more than 20 million workflows analyzed in March 2026. The report finds that the gap between high-performing teams and the median team widened, while feature-branch throughput increased and main-branch throughput remained flat.

### Source excerpt

The velocity gap is widening. See what 20M+ workflows reveal about merge efficiency, delivery costs, and the teams pulling ahead in the Q2 Pulse report.