Hotfix Workflow

Emergency fix process for production issues.

When to Use

• Critical production bug affecting users
• Security vulnerability discovered
• Data integrity issue

Process

Steps

1. Create Hotfix Branch

git checkout main
git pull
git checkout -b hotfix/issue-description

2. Implement Fix

• Focus on the minimal fix only
• No refactoring or feature additions
• Add a regression test

3. Test

yarn test
yarn test:e2e  # if time permits

4. Deploy

# Fast-track PR review
# Merge to main
# CI/CD auto-deploys to production

5. Backport

git checkout develop
git merge hotfix/issue-description
git push

6. Post-Mortem

Item	Detail
Root cause	Why did this happen?
Detection	How was it found?
Impact	How many users affected?
Fix	What was changed?
Prevention	How to prevent recurrence?

Related Pages

• Release Management — releases
• Incident Response — incident handling
• Git Workflow — branching