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canary release

canary release noun: 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.

Noun

canary release (countable and uncountable, plural canary releases)

  1. 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.

Forms of canary release

pluralcanary releases

Questions about canary release

What does canary release mean?
Canary release means 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.
What part of speech is canary release?
Canary release is a noun.
What is the plural of canary release?
The plural of canary release is canary releases.

Words near canary release in the dictionary

  1. canary in the coalmine
  2. Canary Island
  3. Canary Islander
  4. Canary Islanders
  5. Canary Islands
  6. canary release
  7. canary releases
  8. canary seed
  9. canary trap
  10. canary traps
  11. Canary Wharf

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