Chicken and Egg

Definitions

1. A circular dependency or sequencing problem where each side seems to require the other first. In technical discussions, chicken-and-egg situations are common in bootstrapping, adoption, and migration planning.

   In plain English: A circular problem where each thing depends on the other first.

   Example: "The platform upgrade was a chicken and egg problem because the new agent needed the new runtime, but the runtime rollout depended on the old agent staying alive."

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