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.
Pick a feature flag system and install it
CriticalInitialize the flag client at app startup
CriticalSet a naming convention for flags
CriticalImplement percentage-based rollouts
CriticalSet up canary deployments in your infrastructure
CriticalAdd automated rollback triggers
CriticalInstrument feature flag metrics and logging
CriticalCreate kill switches for new features
CriticalImplement 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
CriticalSchedule regular flag cleanup
Write a rollout runbook for your team
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