How Experiment buckets work

Many Experiments on Clovord use buckets. Buckets are groups that determine which version of a feature you or your server receive.

Bucketing allows us to test changes consistently while keeping each user’s experience stable.

What is a bucket?

A bucket is an assignment group within an Experiment. Each bucket is linked to a specific treatment (feature version).

For example:

• Bucket A → current version
• Bucket B → new design
• Bucket C → new design + additional option

How bucket assignment works

Bucket assignment is typically:

• Deterministic – based on stable identifiers
• Consistent – you usually stay in the same bucket
• Balanced – to ensure fair testing

User-level vs server-level buckets

Buckets can be applied at different levels:

• User-level – affects only your account
• Server-level – affects everyone in a server

Some Experiments combine both, depending on feature scope.