Downtime ends here.

Make every release a Guarded Release, with progressive rollouts, automated monitoring, and auto rollbacks.

"LaunchDarkly is an indispensable part of BigCommerce being able to deploy 50,000 times per year to some of the world's largest brands.

The combination of sophisticated targeting and real-time updates lets us test and learn safely, and we can't wait to automate even more of how we rollout and respond with Guarded Releases."

Pascal Zajac

Vice President of Software Engineering

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Why Guarded Releases are a must-have for software teams.

Hear how LaunchDarkly leaders are seeing the benefits first-hand.

• Sonesh Surana, SVP Engineering](/content/end-of-downtime/#/index.html)
• Jenn Wei, SVP Product](/content/end-of-downtime/#/index.html)

The way we've been delivering software is broken.

Old way

Move fast and break things.

Prioritizing speed over stability leads to widespread outages, customer complaints, and brand damage.

New way

Move fast, break nothing. Innovate fearlessly.

With modern tools, you can deliver quickly, maintain trust, and keep your focus on building (not fixing). It’s a win-win-win.

Resources to get started

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  Guide
  Metrics-driven Guarded Releases
  Get started by incorporating engineering and business metrics.](/content/guides/metrics-driven-guarded-releases/index.html)
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  Blog
  Why I'll never go back to the old way of deploying software
  LaunchDarkly engineer Lucy Voigt explains how Guarded Releases lets her ship confidently.](/content/blog/never-go-back-old-way-guarded-releases/index.html)
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  On-demand webinar
  The End of Downtime: Catch Bugs Before Your Customer Do
  See a demo of Guarded Releases in action and find out how it brings certainty to every release.](/content/webinars/catch-bugs-before-your-customers-do/index.html)
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  On-demand webinar
  AWS & LaunchDarkly: De-risking releases with Guarded Releases
  See code examples and metrics-capturing strategies for using Guarded Releases.](/content/webinars/de-risking-releases-with-guarded-releases/index.html)
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  Blog
  Software releases: navigating between innovation and user expectations
  LaunchDarkly Field CTO Yadi Narayana on the balancing act faced by software teams.](/content/blog/navigating-between-innovation-and-user-expectations/index.html)
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  Blog
  How teams at LaunchDarkly use Guarded Releases
  A case study from the Fundamentals Engineering Team showing real-world benefits in practice.](/content/blog/how-launchdarkly-guards-releases-to-build-trust-and-mitigate-risk/index.html)

[**How safe is your next software release?**

Examine how you release features, monitor system performance, and mitigate software bugs in **just 2 minutes**.

Uncover your risks](/content/risk-meter/index.html)

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