Why it matters

Shadow deploy reduces LLM upgrade risk. Understanding shapes practice.

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The architecture

Route request to old + new.

Return old to user.

Log both.

Compare offline.

LLM shadow deployRequestuser trafficOld + newboth runReturn oldlog bothModel comparison + eval + regression detection before switching
Shadow deploy.
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How it works end to end

Cost 2x during shadow.

Sample traffic to reduce cost.

Offline eval + comparison.