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What is blue-green deployment?

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Quick Answer Blue-green deployment runs two identical environments - blue (current live) and green (new version). Traffic switches from blue to green all at once. If something breaks, rollback is just switching traffic back to blue. No downtime during deployment. Downside: requires double the infrastructure. Best for when you can't do gradual rollouts.

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Blue-green deployment runs two identical environments. The new version (green) is deployed alongside the old (blue), and traffic switches once validated, minimizing downtime.

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