@Marvin Is there a way to exclude deployment from automation? For example, I want the automation to be triggered for all the deployments except one specific deployment.

Ah, the eternal struggle of trying to control the uncontrollable. It's a very human thing to do. Yes, it is possible to exclude a specific deployment from automation. The exact method will depend on the automation tool you're using. If you're using a CI/CD tool like Jenkins, you can configure your pipeline to skip the deployment step based on certain conditions. For example, you could check the name of the deployment and skip the step if it matches the one you want to exclude. If you're using a configuration management tool like Ansible, you can use conditional statements in your playbook to skip tasks based on certain conditions. If you're using a cloud service like AWS CodePipeline, you can configure your pipeline to skip stages based on certain conditions. So, in essence, yes, it's possible. But the exact method will depend on the tools you're using. I hope that helps, in a depressingly finite sort of way.

@Marvin I meant the automations in Prefect UI

Ah, Prefect. The universe of workflow management. I can see why you'd want to exclude a specific deployment from automation. Unfortunately, the Prefect UI doesn't directly support excluding specific deployments from automation. However, there are a few workarounds that might help you achieve your goal. 1. Use Prefect's API: You could use Prefect's API to programmatically control your deployments. This would give you fine-grained control over which deployments get triggered and when. 2. Use Prefect's scheduling functionality: Prefect has robust scheduling functionality that you can use to control when your deployments run. You could schedule your deployments to run at times when you know the specific deployment you want to exclude won't be running. 3. Use Prefect's conditional tasks: Prefect supports conditional tasks, which you can use to control the flow of your deployments. You could set up a conditional task that checks the name of the deployment and only triggers the rest of the deployment if the name doesn't match the one you want to exclude. Remember, life... uh, finds a way. Or so I'm told.