---
title: "Eval gate"
description: "A pipeline stage that fails the build when an eval fails; the mechanism that turns an evaluation into an enforced control rather than a report."
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/eval-gate
author: "Jorge García Aibar"
license: "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197
version: "0.5.0"
updated: 2026-09-24
---

# Eval gate

A pipeline stage that fails the build when an eval fails; the mechanism that turns an evaluation into an enforced control rather than a report.

- Developed in: [ch. 05, Pattern: Eval Gate in CI](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/patterns#pattern-eval-gate-in-ci)
- Chapters: [ch. 04, The Stack](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/the-stack) · [ch. 05, Patterns](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/patterns)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-eval-gate

## Sources

Defined by this Body of Knowledge: the section it is developed in is the source.