In some regulated places, someone is legally responsible for authorizing a change in production.
If it fails, that person's on the hook.
So the usual way is to have a manual authorization for every change.
Yes, it's a PITA.
One place I've worked changed their process to automatically allow changes in some specific parts for a specific period during the development of a new app.
And for some magical reasons, the person usually associated with such legal responsibility are the one that don't trust automatic process.
In some regulated places, someone is legally responsible for authorizing a change in production.
If it fails, that person's on the hook. So the usual way is to have a manual authorization for every change. Yes, it's a PITA.
One place I've worked changed their process to automatically allow changes in some specific parts for a specific period during the development of a new app.
And for some magical reasons, the person usually associated with such legal responsibility are the one that don't trust automatic process.