Say it like this
Real examples
"We are planning to canary release the authentication update to 10% of users next Tuesday."
"This feature is risky, so let us canary release it first and monitor the metrics carefully."
"The canary release showed no performance issues, so we can proceed with the full rollout tomorrow."
Don't say this
Handle with care. Avoid confusing canary release with blue-green deployment. Canary release gradually exposes users to new code; blue-green runs two full environments in parallel.
Other forms
canary release
"We performed a canary release of the new dashboard last week."
to canary release / canary
"We decided to canary the feature to 5% of our user base."
canary released (past tense)
"We canary released the payment system successfully."
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Practice
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4 quick exercises
1. Your team wants to test a risky feature with real users safely. Which sounds most natural?
2. Before going live with the new search algorithm, we will _______ it to a small group of users.
3. Which sentence uses canary release incorrectly?
4. Rewrite this tech English sentence using canary release: We need to try the new code with some real users before everyone gets it to make sure it works.
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