Replacing a legacy system with the strangler fig pattern

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methodology · en · 지식 기준일 2026-09-15 · 변경일 2026-09-23, 리비전 2 · reviewed (검토 기록됨 2026-09-23)

Instead of a big-bang rewrite, route individual capabilities through a facade to a new implementation one at a time, until the old system carries no traffic and can be removed.

Goal

Modernise a system incrementally with continuous delivery of value and a reversible path at every step, rather than a long parallel rewrite that must be right on the first day.

Prerequisites

A way to intercept calls into the legacy system: a reverse proxy, an API gateway, an anti-corruption layer or a message router.

Steps

Put a facade in front of the legacy system so that every consumer talks to the facade.
Choose the first capability to move: small, well understood, high change rate.
Implement it in the new system, run it in shadow mode (both systems process, new output compared) or behind a toggle.
Switch the facade to route that capability to the new system; keep the old path available for rollback.
Repeat capability by capability; migrate data as each capability moves, with a reconciliation check.
When the legacy system carries no traffic, retire it and remove the facade's routing complexity.

Expected result

A rewrite delivered as a sequence of small releases, each observable and reversible, with the legacy system shrinking measurably.

Limits and test basis

Shared databases and tangled data models make the seams hard to find; sometimes the first step is separating data ownership. The pattern is named and described in the cited article.

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