Feature flag
A switch, decoupled from the code deploy, that turns a feature on or off in seconds without shipping new software. Per-segment flags provide the granularity that lets you disable a harmful segment while keeping the rest.
Defined in 3 GAGE programs, which carry 3 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in AI Governance: Applied Mastery.
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
A configuration mechanism that enables new code to be merged to main but not activated in the production environment until a runtime flag is toggled. Used to integrate long-running feature branches incrementally, avoiding the drift caused by long-lived branches.
A switch, decoupled from the code deploy, that turns a feature on or off in seconds without shipping new software. Per-segment flags provide the granularity that lets you disable a harmful segment while keeping the rest.
A switch that turns an AI feature on or off instantly without a full redeployment, enabling near-instant rollback of a problematic feature.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first 7 topics of every program are free with a free account.
- Shipping the feature: rollout, monitoring, and the rollback you hope not to use · Shipping AI and Surviving the Incident, AI Governance: Applied Mastery
- AI System Reliability and Safety Engineering · Risk, Resilience and Frontier AI, Business AI Transformation
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.