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AWS AppConfig Feature Flags

April 5, 2026

Application Configuration Management

Safe feature flag rollout with canary deployments.

Configuration Deployment

Stores:
- Hosted configuration (JSON)
- SSM Parameter Store integration
- Systems Manager documents

Strategies:
- LINEAR (10% every 5 minutes)
- CANARY (5% then 100%)
- EXPONENTIAL (doubling)

Validation:
- CloudWatch metric alarms
- Lambda validator functions
- JSON Schema validation

Client SDKs

JavaScript/Python/Java support
ECS/Lambda agent integration
Configuration versioning

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