> and <a href=https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/manage-deployment/#canary-deployments>canary deployment</a>. Problem solved, right? Well, not exactly. Although doing a rollout this way works in simple cases, it’s very limited, especially in large scale cloud environments receiving lots of (and especially varying amounts of) traffic, where autoscaling is needed.</p><h2 id=canary-deployment-in-kubernetes>Canary deployment in Kubernetes</h2><p>As an example, let&rsquo;s say we have a