canary deploy
A canary release exposes a new version to a limited portion of traffic first.
Use this when A release needs production evidence before a full rollout.
without the term
“Instead of releasing to everyone at once, can we send the new version to like 5% of users first and only roll it out fully if errors don't go up?”
with the term · How do you ask a model for canary deploy?
Prepare a canary rollout with explicit success and rollback criteria. Verify version identification, error comparison, and compatibility during overlap.
What is canary deploy?
The new version gets a small share of real traffic first. Its error rate and latency are compared with the old version before the share grows.
Why does canary deploy matter when vibe coding?
Successful deployment does not prove the new behavior is healthy.
How do you do canary deploy?
Choose representative traffic and measurable failure thresholds while keeping versions compatible.
What goes wrong with canary deploy?
Comparing unequal workloads and calling the difference a release regression.