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Limiting the Deployment Blast Radius

Complex application environments often require deployments to keep things running smoothly. But deployments, especially microservice updates, can be risky because you never know what could go wrong. In this article, we’ll explain what can go wrong with deployments and what you can do to limit the blast radius.

In the context of deployments, the blast radius is the area of the potential impact that a deployment might have.

It will help you understand the blast radius of your deployments and limit the potential fallout, ensuring your deployments run smoother and flawlessly.