Abstract: Various implementations described herein are directed to a method for acquiring a manifest having a trial flag with a status indicator and providing the manifest to a plurality of devices. The status indicator may inform the plurality of devices to provide update acceptability reports. The method may include receiving the update acceptability reports from the plurality of devices and determining an update deployment rate based on the update acceptability reports received from the plurality of devices. The method may include deploying the update in accordance with the update deployment rate.

Abstract: Provided is a technology including an apparatus and a machine-implemented method for updating software on a device, the method performed at the device comprising: receiving a software update manifest comprising an authenticated resource request identifier and an authenticated definition identifying one or more characteristics of the device; generating a software update request comprising a value for each of the one or more identified characteristics of the device; transmitting, to a location corresponding to the resource request identifier, the built software update request; receiving a resource enabling access to or including a software update appropriate for the one or more values of the one or more identified characteristics; and updating the software of the device in accordance with the software update.

Abstract: Various implementations described herein are directed to a method for acquiring a manifest having a trial flag with a status indicator and providing the manifest to a plurality of devices. The status indicator may inform the plurality of devices to provide update acceptability reports. The method may include receiving the update acceptability reports from the plurality of devices and determining an update deployment rate based on the update acceptability reports received from the plurality of devices. The method may include deploying the update in accordance with the update deployment rate.