Kassen Qian and Will McMullen from Datadog are proud to join GitHub as launch partners for the public beta release of Deployment Protection Rules, a feature that enables organizations to stagger their deployments and test functionality in isolated parts of their system before a wider release. This feature provides health checks for deployments to specific services or environments, allowing users to prevent faulty releases from spreading to their entire system. The integration with Datadog enables users to create monitors that perform automated checks on gated deployments to assess any impacts to their services and application. With this combination, organizations can not only prevent faulty deployments from impacting their users but also gain insight into exactly how they might affect their system. By using customized quality gates, users can ensure the health of their releases by validating service health and resource consumption at every stage of their deployments. The integration allows users to track performance issues, troubleshoot problems before releasing across all environments, and create monitors that are uniquely tailored to their deployment checks. With this combination, organizations can deploy safely with GitHub and Datadog, ensuring a smooth end-user experience.