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New feature flags in AppLifecycle Manager

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Many development teams are familiar with the hesitation that comes right before pushing a new feature live. As AI helps developers write code faster, the gap between rapid code generation and safe production deployment continues to grow.

Feature flags offer a practical way to manage this risk by separating the act of deploying code from the act of releasing a feature to users. Instead of a single, high-risk launch event that affects all users simultaneously, teams can ship code to production with new features hidden by default in a controlled manner.

To help teams adopt this workflow, we are announcing the public preview of AppLifecycle Manager Feature Flags (ALM FF). This service provides a rule-based solution to manage software behavior across Google Cloud, helping you support rapid development without sacrificing production stability.

Read on to learn four ways these feature flags will help accelerate your deployment.

1. Decouple for safety...

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