1. An urgently developed and rapidly deployed software patch or solution addressing a critical issue in a live system or product, often intended as a temporary measure
   "The company pushed out a hotfix to resolve the login problems"; "The hotfix stabilized the system until a more robust solution could be implemented in the next release"

1. Quickly implement and deploy a critical fix for a software bug or issue in a live production environment, typically without system downtime
   "We need to hotfix this security vulnerability before it's exploited"; "The team hotfixed the database to prevent further data corruption"

Derived forms: hotfixing, hotfixes, hotfixed

Encyclopedia: Hotfix