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Canary Deployment

Canary deployment gradually rolls out changes to a small subset of users before full deployment.

What is Canary Deployment?

Canary deployment releases changes to a small percentage of users initially, monitoring for issues before gradually increasing to full deployment.

Canary Benefits

Reduced blast radius, Real user validation, Early issue detection, Data-driven rollout decisions.

Common Misconceptions

  • "Canary catches all bugs" - Only issues affecting canary users
  • "Small percentage is always safe" - Depends on traffic patterns
  • "Canary is complicated" - Modern tools simplify implementation