| Artifact | Versioned output consumed by later delivery steps |
| Alias | Stable qualified name pointing to a Lambda version |
| Blue/green | Old and replacement environments with traffic movement |
| Buildspec | YAML commands and settings for CodeBuild |
| Canary | Small initial traffic share to a new version |
| CodeConnections | Managed connection to supported external repositories |
| Digest | Content-based immutable identity |
| In-place | Update existing targets |
| Provenance | Evidence of artifact origin |
| Rolling | Gradual replacement of current capacity |
| Trust policy | Who may assume an IAM role |