canary releases

A form of canary release — A deployment strategy performed in order to reduce the risk of introducing a new software version in production by slowly rolling out the change to a small subset of users.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of canary release
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“canary releases.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canary%20releases. Accessed November 5, 2026.

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