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id: flags
requestedLanguage: en
descriptionLanguage: en
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# Feature Flags / Feature Toggles

- Type: release technique
- Group: Integration and delivery
- Placement: Delivery / Release control
- [Source](<https://martinfowler.com/articles/feature-toggles.html>)

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Controls whether behavior is enabled separately from deploying the code.

## Relationships

- may control switching in: [Branch by Abstraction](/practices/abstraction/en.md) (support)
- may manage: [Canary Release](/practices/canary/en.md) (support)
- supports: [Continuous Delivery](/practices/delivery/en.md) (support)

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