This could cause an immediate loss of services, so depending on the severity of the bug, it may be desirable to delay a hotfix. The risk of applying the hotfix must be weighed against the risk of not applying it, because the problem to be fixed might be so critical that it could be considered more important than a potential loss of service (e.g., a major security breach).
- not released to a schedule.
- intended to address either 'niche' situations or 'emergency' responses.
- only relevant to the specific issue documented in the release notes.