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Should you deploy on a Friday?
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pubDate: 2023-06-20
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archive/2023/06/20/should-you-deploy-on-a-friday
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- deployments
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There's a common saying about not deploying changes on a Friday to prevent outages or issues before the weekend.
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I've also seen this where people won't deploy after a particular time of the day as it's too close to the evening.
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## When did you last deploy?
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The longer it's been since the last deployment, the risker each deployment is.
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If there are weeks or months of changes, it will be risky regardless of which day it is.
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If your last deployment was an afternoon, deploying a small change the following morning will be low risk, even on a Thursday and Friday.
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## Conclusion
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If you're nervous about deploying on a Friday, I think you need to aim for smaller and more frequent deployments to minimise the risk.
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The issue isn't when you're deploying. You likely need to do so more often.
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If there is an issue after a large release, it will take more time to debug or roll back compared to a small release which is easier to find and fix the problem or revert that single change.
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