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id: wiki-2026-0508-feature-flags
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title: Feature Flags
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category: 10_Wiki/Topics
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status: verified
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canonical_id: self
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aliases: [Feature Toggles, Feature Switches, Feature Gates]
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duplicate_of: none
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source_trust_level: A
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confidence_score: 0.9
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verification_status: applied
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tags: [devops, deployment, experimentation, release-engineering]
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raw_sources: []
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last_reinforced: 2026-05-10
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github_commit: pending
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tech_stack:
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language: TypeScript/Go
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framework: LaunchDarkly/Unleash/OpenFeature
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---
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# Feature Flags
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## 매 한 줄
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> **"매 deploy 와 release 를 매 분리하는 runtime conditional"**. Pete Hodgson 의 매 4-axis taxonomy (release/experiment/ops/permission) 가 매 baseline. 매 modern stack — OpenFeature spec + provider (LaunchDarkly, Unleash, ConfigCat, Statsig) — 매 progressive delivery, A/B test, kill switch 의 매 통합 layer.
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## 매 핵심
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### 매 4 종류 (Hodgson)
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- **Release toggle**: dark launch, gradual rollout (short-lived).
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- **Experiment toggle**: A/B/n test (medium-lived).
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- **Ops toggle**: kill switch, circuit breaker (medium-lived).
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- **Permission toggle**: per-user/tenant entitlement (long-lived).
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### 매 axis
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- Lifetime: hours ↔ years.
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- Dynamism: build-time → runtime → request-time.
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- Scope: global → user → request.
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### 매 응용
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1. Trunk-based development + dark launch.
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2. Canary / progressive rollout (1% → 100%).
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3. Kill switch (incident mitigation).
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4. A/B testing & holdout group.
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5. Tier-based feature gating (free/pro/enterprise).
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## 💻 패턴
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### OpenFeature SDK (vendor-neutral)
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```typescript
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import { OpenFeature } from '@openfeature/server-sdk';
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import { LaunchDarklyProvider } from '@openfeature/launchdarkly-server-provider';
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await OpenFeature.setProviderAndWait(new LaunchDarklyProvider(SDK_KEY));
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const client = OpenFeature.getClient();
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const showNew = await client.getBooleanValue('new-checkout', false, {
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targetingKey: user.id,
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email: user.email,
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plan: user.plan,
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});
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return showNew ? renderNewCheckout() : renderOldCheckout();
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```
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### Percentage rollout (deterministic hash)
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```go
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import "hash/fnv"
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func rollout(flagKey, userID string, percent int) bool {
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h := fnv.New32a()
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h.Write([]byte(flagKey + ":" + userID))
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return int(h.Sum32()%100) < percent
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}
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// Same user → same bucket across calls (sticky).
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```
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### Kill switch (ops toggle)
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```typescript
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async function fetchRecommendations(userId: string) {
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if (await flags.getBooleanValue('reco-kill-switch', false)) {
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return []; // disable the feature instantly during incident
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}
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return recoService.fetch(userId);
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}
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```
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### Multivariate experiment
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```typescript
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const variant = await client.getStringValue('checkout-variant', 'control', ctx);
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switch (variant) {
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case 'one-click': return <OneClickCheckout />;
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case 'wallet': return <WalletCheckout />;
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default: return <StandardCheckout />;
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}
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metrics.track('checkout_view', { variant, userId });
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```
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### Local override (dev/test)
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```typescript
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if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
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OpenFeature.setProvider(new InMemoryProvider({
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'new-checkout': { defaultVariant: 'on', variants: { on: true, off: false } },
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}));
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}
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```
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### Flag cleanup (technical debt)
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```bash
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# Find old flags
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rg "getBooleanValue\\('old-checkout'" --type ts
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# Provider audit: list flags > 90 days old, no recent eval, 100% rollout → delete.
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```
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## 매 결정 기준
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| 상황 | Approach |
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|---|---|
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| Dark launch / gradual | Release toggle, percentage rollout |
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| Hypothesis test | Experiment toggle + analytics |
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| Incident mitigation | Ops toggle (always available) |
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| Tier / paid features | Permission toggle (long-lived) |
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| Build-time only | Compile flag (no runtime cost) |
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**기본값**: OpenFeature SDK + managed provider (LaunchDarkly/Unleash). Kill switch 모든 critical path 에 매.
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## 🔗 Graph
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- 부모: [[Continuous Delivery]] · [[Progressive Delivery]]
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- 변형: [[Release Toggle]] · [[Experiment Toggle]] · [[Kill Switch]]
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- 응용: [[Canary Deployment]] · [[A/B Testing]] · [[Trunk-based Development]]
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- Adjacent: [[OpenFeature]] · [[LaunchDarkly]] · [[Unleash]] · [[Statsig]]
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## 🤖 LLM 활용
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**언제**: Release strategy 설계, incident playbook, experiment platform 평가.
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**언제 X**: Static config — env var / config file 충분.
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## ❌ 안티패턴
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- **Flag debt**: 100% rolled-out flag 를 매 안 지움 → cyclomatic complexity 폭발.
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- **Nested flags**: A&&B&&C — 매 test space 매 explosion.
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- **Flag in hot loop**: per-request eval 의 매 latency — cache locally.
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- **No fallback**: provider 다운 시 feature 깨짐 — default + cached value.
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- **Flag = config 오용**: 진짜 config 는 매 config service 로.
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- **No analytics linkage**: experiment 인데 evaluation 안 records.
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## 🧪 검증 / 중복
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- Verified (martinfowler.com Feature Toggles, OpenFeature spec, LaunchDarkly docs).
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- 신뢰도 A.
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## 🕓 Changelog
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| 날짜 | 변경 |
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|---|---|
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| 2026-05-08 | Phase 1 |
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| 2026-05-10 | Manual cleanup — 4-axis taxonomy + OpenFeature/percentage/kill-switch 패턴 |
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