When would you choose Provenance and attestations over canary releases?

Provenance and attestations are critical in scenarios where trust and verification are essential. This approach is preferred over canary releases when the following conditions are met:

• Security Compliance: In regulated industries, maintaining a clear record of where code comes from and ensuring it’s free from vulnerabilities is paramount.
• Audit Requirements: Provenance helps meet internal and external audit requirements by providing detailed histories of software changes.
• Multi-tenant Environments: In environments that host multiple customers, maintaining strict version control and guaranteeing code validity is crucial to avoid conflicts.
• High-stakes Deployments: When deploying critical applications, ensuring that every element is verified and trusted is necessary to minimize risk.

While canary releases are effective for testing new features with a subset of users, they do not provide the same level of assurance regarding the origin and integrity of the code.