# Canary deploys

> Canary: 5% of traffic meets the new version first. The smallest blast radius, the slowest deploy.

## Prerequisites

Research these first: [Continuous delivery](https://wiki.playquorum.dev/research/ci.md), [Percentiles](https://wiki.playquorum.dev/research/percentiles.md).

## Facts

Canary deploys
- **Track:** Reliability
- **Era:** [Series A](https://wiki.playquorum.dev/eras/series-a.md)
- **Cost:** 1.13k 1.13k 2.25k
- **Requires:** [Continuous delivery](https://wiki.playquorum.dev/research/ci.md), [Percentiles](https://wiki.playquorum.dev/research/percentiles.md)

## See also

- [Research tree](https://wiki.playquorum.dev/research.md)

Source: https://wiki.playquorum.dev/research/canary