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minus-squareNocturnalEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 hours agoShould still be doing phased rollouts of any patches, and where possible, implementing them on pre-prod first.
minus-squareSomeGuy69@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·35 minutes agoFor security updates in critical infrastructure, no. You want that right away, in best case instant. You can’t risk a zero day being used to kill people.
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 hours agoPre-prod is ideal, but a pipe dream for many. Lots of folks barely get prod. We still stagger patching so things like this only wipe some of the critical infrastructure, but that still causes needless issues.
Should still be doing phased rollouts of any patches, and where possible, implementing them on pre-prod first.
For security updates in critical infrastructure, no. You want that right away, in best case instant. You can’t risk a zero day being used to kill people.
Pre-prod is ideal, but a pipe dream for many. Lots of folks barely get prod.
We still stagger patching so things like this only wipe some of the critical infrastructure, but that still causes needless issues.