Originally Posted by
Mokoi
There was the need to apply the patch much earlier than we had wanted and thus without the obligatotry stress test on vedeena we had scheduled for this month.
Please do not conclude that this is the normal modus operandi from now on. There is good reason why we aim to perform extensive tests of patches before we touch retail servers.
In this case however, security vulnerabilities of extraordinary magnitude had to be addressed without any delay. We knew the risk of patching untested changes to retail, but at the same time we also knew the risk of keeping the forementioned vulnerabilities unpatched. We opted for an emergency patch and I still think the decision was largely right. Now back to fixing Titan - we're almost there I think.