Immutable AMI - CI/CD Glossary Definition
An immutable AMI is a fully-baked Amazon Machine Image that is deployed as-is and never modified in place. New software means baking a new image and replacing instances, which eliminates configuration drift.
Why it matters
Pre-baking everything into the image makes runner boots fast and reproducible - there is no per-boot package install step to fail or vary.
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