Ops will not flip 100 percent of ice-rink dispatch invokes to a new…

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Ops will not flip 100 percent of ice-rink dispatch invokes to a new revision. They want a small slice of live traffic first, then more only if that slice stays healthy. Which strategy fits?

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A canary deployment: a small live share first, then more if that slice stays healthy. — Ops will not flip 100 percent. They want a small slice of live traffic first, then more if it stays healthy. That is canary, not all-at-once, not linear's even steps, and not a shadow copy with no live share.

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An all-at-once flip of 100 percent of invokes with no bake slice.

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A linear shift of equal steps only, and treat a tiny first slice as the same as even steps.

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A shadow variant, because a canary is an offline copy and not live traffic (D2-158).

Ops will not flip 100 percent of ice-rink dispatch invokes to a new revision. They want a small slice of live traffic first, then more only if that slice stays healthy. Which strategy fits?

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