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BlogMedium credibilitymartinfowler.com · Danilo Sato · June 25, 2014
Canary Release
Our summary
Defines the canary release: reduce the risk of a new version by rolling it out to a small subset of traffic first, monitoring it, and widening or rolling back based on what the canary shows.
Why it matters
The reference description of staged rollout — turning a risky model or prompt cutover into a reversible, observable migration.
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Published June 26, 2026
Cite this
Qlarify Labs. (2026). Canary Release. Retrieved from https://labs.qlarify.fi/references/canary-release-2014