word
Canary Deployment
kah-NAIR-ee dih-PLOY-ment
/kəˈnɛəriː dɪˈplɔɪmənt/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
canarydeployment
Dictionary meaning
A deployment strategy where a new model version is gradually rolled out to a small percentage of traffic before full release, allowing early detection of issues with minimal risk
History and origin
Named after the 'canary in a coal mine' safety practice
Examples
- The team used canary deployment to route 5% of requests to the new model before full rollout.
- Canary deployment caught a latency regression before it affected the majority of users.
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