Optimizing canary deployments for user-centric success

In this talk, we will explore user-centric canary deployments. We’ll cover risk mitigation and address challenges like backward compatibility, scaling, and post-deployment issues.

Today, canary deployments are more accessible than ever, allowing for targeted traffic redirection to new code iterations. However, the traditional approach of percentage allocation overlooks crucial user experience factors. This session explores a user-centric view of canary deployments, addressing challenges like ensuring backward compatibility, timing traffic scaling, understanding user impact, and managing post-deployment issues. Attendees will learn strategies like leveraging user segmentation, implementing release rings for SaaS providers, offering opt-ins for new features, and adopting the expand and contract pattern for database alterations.