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Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) - CI/CD Glossary Definition

Mean time between failures is the average elapsed time between one failure and the next for a repairable system, a measure of how often it breaks.

MTBF vs MTTR

MTBF measures how long a system stays up between incidents; mean time to recovery measures how long each incident lasts. Availability rises when MTBF grows or MTTR shrinks.

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