diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3c445489b574c6c5146e0bbb5ab1e4555eb7e03b..ba1f33cb983cbecbe7921826cc1bfc5b9e97c4b5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ stages:
   - dast
   - staging
   - canary
+  - development
   - production
   - incremental rollout 10%
   - incremental rollout 25%
@@ -104,6 +105,45 @@ review:
   variables:
     HELM_UPGRADE_EXTRA_ARGS: --set service.externalPort=80 --set service.internalPort=80 --set service.commonName= --set ingress.tls.enabled=false --set ingress.annotations.kubernetes\.io/tls-acme="false" --set ingress.annotations.nginx\.ingress\.kubernetes\.io/ssl-redirect="false"
     ROLLOUT_RESOURCE_TYPE: deployment
+
+.development: &development_template
+  extends: .auto-deploy
+  stage: development
+  script:
+    - auto-deploy check_kube_domain
+    - auto-deploy download_chart
+    - auto-deploy ensure_namespace
+    - auto-deploy initialize_tiller
+    - auto-deploy create_secret
+    - auto-deploy deploy
+    - auto-deploy delete canary
+    - auto-deploy delete rollout
+    - auto-deploy persist_environment_url
+  environment:
+    name: development
+    url: https://$CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG.$KUBE_INGRESS_BASE_DOMAIN
+  artifacts:
+    paths: [environment_url.txt]
+
+development:
+  <<: *development_template
+  only:
+    refs:
+      - development
+    kubernetes: active
+  variables:
+    HELM_UPGRADE_EXTRA_ARGS: --set service.externalPort=80 --set service.internalPort=80 --set service.commonName= --set ingress.annotations.certmanager\.k8s\.io/cluster-issuer=letsencrypt-prod
+    ROLLOUT_RESOURCE_TYPE: deployment
+  environment:
+    name: development
+    url: https://metager3.de
+  except:
+    variables:
+      - $STAGING_ENABLED
+      - $CANARY_ENABLED
+      - $INCREMENTAL_ROLLOUT_ENABLED
+      - $INCREMENTAL_ROLLOUT_MODE
+
     
 production:
   variables: