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Rolling update

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

nounCommon term

In software engineering, rolling update means: An update that replaces or upgrades groups of running instances in sequence while other instances continue serving.

In Turkish: kademeli örnek güncellemesi

How it is used

Used in replicated services. Temporary version overlap requires compatibility and does not guarantee zero downtime.

Example sentences

  1. The rolling update replaced two workers at a time while the rest handled requests.

    Only part of the serving capacity is updated in each step.

  2. We delayed the rolling update because the new schema broke compatibility with old instances.

    Old and new versions must coexist safely during the transition.

Common collocations

  • perform a rolling update
  • rolling update strategy
  • roll outTo release a new version, feature or change to users or servers, often step by step over a period of time rather than all at once.
  • backward compatibleStill working with older versions, data or clients after a change, so existing users do not have to update their code or settings.

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