Governance

Canary Deployment

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Quick Definition

Gradually rolling out agent changes to a small subset of users before full deployment.

Canary deployments limit blast radius of potential issues while getting real-world feedback.

Process

  1. Deploy to small percentage (1-5%)
  2. Monitor key metrics
  3. Expand gradually if healthy
  4. Roll back if problems detected

Considerations

  • Metric sensitivity
  • User selection
  • Rollback speed
  • Stateful interactions
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