Reduce risk with a feature flag service and Keptn

Feature flagging, provided by services like Unleash, allows developers to decouple code deployment from feature activation, thus reducing risk by enabling rapid deactivation of problematic features without rolling back the entire application. The integration of Keptn, an open-source platform for continuous delivery and automated operations, with Unleash enhances this process by automating the response to production issues. Keptn acts as an orchestrator, using cloud events to trigger deployments and evaluate quality gates, automatically rolling back changes if problems are detected. It integrates with monitoring tools like Prometheus and Dynatrace to use real-time data for decision-making. The collaboration between Keptn and Unleash allows for automatic feature flag adjustments, reducing mean-time-to-remediation and minimizing disruptions for developers, who can continue focusing on their tasks while the system self-heals.