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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