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DVA-C02 · Question #102

A company's new mobile app uses Amazon API Gateway. As the development team completes a new release of its APIs, a developer must safely and transparently roll out the API change. What is the SIMPLEST

The correct answer is D. Use the canary release deployment option in API Gateway. Direct a percentage of the API traffic. The canary release deployment option in Amazon API Gateway allows the developer to safely roll out changes to a small percentage of users by configuring the canarySettings. This is the simplest and most direct way to gradually expose users to the new API version without creating

Submitted by miguelv· Mar 5, 2026Deployment

Question

A company's new mobile app uses Amazon API Gateway. As the development team completes a new release of its APIs, a developer must safely and transparently roll out the API change. What is the SIMPLEST solution for the developer to use for rolling out the new API version to a limited number of users through API Gateway?

Options

  • ACreate a new API in API Gateway. Direct a portion of the traffic to the new API using an Amazon
  • BValidate the new API version and promote it to production during the window of lowest expected
  • CImplement an Amazon CloudWatch alarm to trigger a rollback if the observed HTTP 500 status
  • DUse the canary release deployment option in API Gateway. Direct a percentage of the API traffic

How the community answered

(34 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • C
    6% (2)
  • D
    91% (31)

Explanation

The canary release deployment option in Amazon API Gateway allows the developer to safely roll out changes to a small percentage of users by configuring the canarySettings. This is the simplest and most direct way to gradually expose users to the new API version without creating a separate API or complex routing logic.

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