Canary release is a deployment strategy that takes inspiration from using canary birds in coal mines. It involves releasing changes to a small group of users first. This helps in closely monitoring the system using business indicators and operational metrics to detect any problems or risks early on. It acts as an early warning system before making the changes available to everyone.
Canary Release
Kusama is the "canary network" for Polkadot. It consists of an early-release, unaudited version of the Polkadot software.
