Deployment
Canary Deployment
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Gradually rolling out a new version to a small percentage of users before full rollout.
Canary routes small percentage to new version. Canary gradually increases percentage. Canary enables monitoring new version. Canary detects issues early. Canary reduces risk. Canary requires monitoring. Canary enables safe rollout. Canary is practical and increasingly standard.
Last verified: 2026-04-08