Hotfixes
A hotfix is a fix to an issue that has been discovered on production that needs to be fixed and go live ASAP.
A hotfix is a fix to an issue that has been discovered on production that needs to be fixed and go live ASAP.
Usually a hotfix takes priority and it will be deployed to the test environment. Testing and verification of the hotfix is guided by a checklist that could reside either on the issue or the corresponding pull request. Once fix has been verified, smoke tests are then run guided by the . Once these tests pass, then the hotfix is merged into production.