# ApplicationVariant

URL: https://developers.cloud66.com/v3/models/application-variant/

Application variants enable advanced deployment strategies including blue-green deployments, canary releases, and preview environments. Each variant represents a different version of an application with specific traffic routing configuration.

<Model>
    <ModelProperty name="name" type="string">
        The name of the application variant.
    </ModelProperty>
    <ModelProperty name="uid" type="string">
        The unique identifier of the application variant.
    </ModelProperty>
    <ModelProperty name="namespace" type="string">
        The Kubernetes namespace for this variant.
    </ModelProperty>
    <ModelProperty name="traffic_percentage" type="integer">
        The percentage of traffic routed to this variant (0-100).
    </ModelProperty>
    <ModelProperty name="traffic_split_name" type="string">
        The name of the traffic split configuration.
    </ModelProperty>
    <ModelProperty name="status" type="string">
        The current status of the variant (e.g., "active", "canary", "preview").
    </ModelProperty>
    <ModelProperty name="git_hash" type="string">
        The git commit hash associated with this variant.
    </ModelProperty>
    <ModelProperty name="deploy_session" type="string">
        The deployment session identifier.
    </ModelProperty>
    <ModelProperty name="dns_record" type="array">
        Array of DNS records associated with this variant.
    </ModelProperty>
    <ModelProperty name="created_at" type="string">
        The ISO 8601 timestamp when the application variant was created.
    </ModelProperty>
    <ModelProperty name="updated_at" type="string">
        The ISO 8601 timestamp when the application variant was last updated.
    </ModelProperty>
</Model>

**Variant Types:**
- **Active**: The current production version receiving 100% traffic
- **Canary**: A rollout variant receiving a percentage of traffic for testing
- **Blue/Green**: A rollout variant for blue-green deployments 
- **Preview**: A preview environment for testing changes

**Related models:** Stack

## Example

```json
{
  "name": "canary",
  "uid": "variant-456def789",
  "namespace": "my-app-canary",
  "traffic_percentage": 10,
  "traffic_split_name": "main-canary-split",
  "status": "canary",
  "git_hash": "a1b2c3d4e5f6",
  "deploy_session": "deploy-session-123",
  "dns_record": [
    "canary.myapp.com",
    "test.myapp.com"
  ],
  "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2024-01-15T10:45:00Z"
}
```