The development team needs to assess new features for their web service that is handled by Amazon API Gateway without disturbing the live environment. What approach should the team utilize to validate these features while maintaining the integrity of the user-facing environment?
Modify the endpoints to new routes under the current deployment environment for testing.
Institute a novel stage for the service and direct the forthcoming updates to it.
Clone the gateway service, creating an identical setup for the sole purpose of evaluation.
Initiate a fresh deployment to the existing environment used by end-users.