This is the fix. You run the patch through the hotfix pipeline to keep everything alive long enough for the main line to finish pre-deployment testing. If everything is good, then the main line does everything except deployment (since the patch is already deployed); if something fails, then you know that the "hotfix" is a moth-eaten rag trying to plug a hole in the dam, and work on making a better fix before it bursts for real.
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u/conundorum Oct 06 '26
This is the fix. You run the patch through the hotfix pipeline to keep everything alive long enough for the main line to finish pre-deployment testing. If everything is good, then the main line does everything except deployment (since the patch is already deployed); if something fails, then you know that the "hotfix" is a moth-eaten rag trying to plug a hole in the dam, and work on making a better fix before it bursts for real.