🚑 Hotfixes

A hotfix is a critical fix that needs to go to production without waiting for the normal release cycle.

Flow

production ← hotfix PR   (fix lands here first)
    ↓ backport
staging
    ↓ backport
main

Step by step

1. Branch off production

   git fetch origin
   git checkout -b hotfix/my-fix origin/production

2. Fix, commit, push, open a PR against production

3. Get it reviewed and merged

4. Add backport:staging label to the merged PR → backport PR to staging is created automatically

5. Once the staging backport is merged, add backport:main → backport PR to main is created

NOTE

Labels are added after merging, not before. The backport action triggers on both closed and labeled events.

Related

• Backport — how the automated propagation works
• Pull requests