emergency patch
Urgent temporary repair
An emergency patch is a software update released urgently to fix a critical problem—typically a security vulnerability being actively exploited or a bug causing widespread system failures.
Unlike scheduled updates, emergency patches bypass normal testing cycles because the risk of leaving systems unpatched outweighs the risk of introducing new bugs: We pushed an emergency patch at 3 AM after discovering the breach.
- hotfixEmergency software repair
- bugfixRepair to flawed software
- quick and dirtyFast but unpolished
- updateNew version or information
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
urgent · code red · zero day · security · vulnerability · security hole · deploy · rollback · server · downtime · fix · release · bandaid · stopgap · workaround · sysadmin · reboot · crash
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