The same project needs to behave consistently on developer machines, in CI and after deployment. Which versions, dependencies and configuration should be recorded?

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Use a project-specific virtual environment and a committed dependency lock or fully resolved requirements workflow. Record the interpreter version and platform requirements. Do not assume that a globally installed package on a developer machine will be available in CI or a production container.

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