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How to Implement Progressive Delivery with Feature Flags

A step-by-step checklist for implementing progressive delivery using feature flags, canary releases, and gradual rollouts so you can ship to production without breaking things.

45-90 minutes

14 items

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Pick a feature flag system and install it

Critical

Initialize the flag client at app startup

Critical

Set a naming convention for flags

Critical

Implement percentage-based rollouts

Critical

Set up canary deployments in your infrastructure

Critical

Add automated rollback triggers

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Instrument feature flag metrics and logging

Critical

Create kill switches for new features

Critical

Implement user targeting for internal testing

Wire feature flags into your CI/CD pipeline

Set up alerts that are flag-aware

Handle flag service outages with safe defaults

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How to Implement Progressive Delivery with Feature Flags

Pick a feature flag system and install it

Initialize the flag client at app startup

Set a naming convention for flags

Implement percentage-based rollouts

Set up canary deployments in your infrastructure

Add automated rollback triggers

Instrument feature flag metrics and logging

Create kill switches for new features

Implement user targeting for internal testing

Wire feature flags into your CI/CD pipeline

Set up alerts that are flag-aware

Handle flag service outages with safe defaults

Schedule regular flag cleanup

Write a rollout runbook for your team