emergency fix
Hasty makeshift solution
An emergency fix is a hasty repair or solution implemented under urgent circumstances, typically to address a critical problem that can't wait for a proper solution.
In software development, it's a patch deployed to fix a severe bug or security vulnerability: We pushed an emergency fix for the login issue at 2 AM.
The term implies speed over elegance—getting something working now, with refinement to follow.
- hotfixEmergency software repair
- patchMaterial covering damage
- quick and dirtyFast but unpolished
- workaroundMakeshift bypass of difficulty
- band-aid solutionSuperficial fix masking deeper problems
bandaid · quick fix · stopgap · hack · kludge · duct tape · technical debt · scramble · all hands on deck · crisis · code red · urgent · panic · deadline · outage · crash · break glass · bug
- makeshift repairsduct-tape fix, tape job, temp fix, field repair
- improvisationimprovised, impromptu, ad lib, freestyle, ad-lib
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