Dependency management is part of reliability when model and tooling ecosystems change faster than many application layers.
Map critical packages
Identify which libraries control inference, retrieval, serialization, networking, and deployment so their risk is understood.
Upgrade behind tests
Test loading, inference, retrieval, API behavior, and deployment after changes instead of treating the changelog as the only evidence.
Separate experiments
Keep exploratory versions out of the production runtime until they have passed the application’s own checks.
Design an exit path
Stable application interfaces reduce the cost of replacing a dependency that becomes incompatible, unmaintained, or unsuitable.
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