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Route a small percentage of traffic to the new version while most traffic goes to stable. Monitor error rates, latency, and business metrics. Gradually increase canary traffic if metrics look good.
Typical progression: % → % → % → % → %. Automated canary analysis (Kayenta, Flagger) can promote or rollback based on statistical comparison.
