---
slug: "FixPathTriage"
name: "FixPathTriage"
type: "Strategy"
layer: "Mind"
ref: "FixPathTriage#c207"
sema_id: "sema:FixPathTriage#mh:SHA-256:c2071c0751e95db8570f9e5581bf503845b9250c7b85077fddf5077b8e9d2ede"
tags: ["Mind","Strategy"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json
url: https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/FixPathTriage/
related: ["Risk#e7f6","Prioritize#99f0","ErrorCostAsymmetry#b542","ReversibilityCheck#7dfa"]
---

# FixPathTriage

Classify each finding by what fixing it requires in the deployed system, and report that beside its impact and likelihood

Layer: Mind · Category: Strategy

## Mechanism

Before findings are ranked, each is classified by what fixing it requires in the deployed system, for example patchable in place, including by a migration carried through an existing upgrade path; fixable only for future instances while existing instances keep the defect; or permanent, fixable only by replacing or recalling instances, or by moving their state to a new instance and restarting. The class is reported beside impact and likelihood, not folded into them, and is grounded in the deployment's actual upgrade paths, naming any that rely on a trusted party or need another party's consent. The classification is redone when those upgrade paths change.

## Invariants

- Every finding carries a fix-path class grounded in the deployed system's actual upgrade paths.
- The fix-path class is reported separately from impact and likelihood.
- A change to the deployment's upgrade paths triggers reclassification.

## Failure modes

- Source-only triage: findings are ranked as if every component could be patched, so defects in immutable components are under-ranked.
- Assumed upgradability: a component is treated as patchable without checking who holds the upgrade authority or whether instances are pinned.
- Assumed permanence: a component is classified as permanent without checking whether its existing upgrade path can carry the fix, including a migration of its state, so a replacement or restart is chosen where an upgrade would do.
- Stale class: an upgrade path is removed or frozen after triage and the classes are not redone.

## Builds on

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## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:FixPathTriage#mh:SHA-256:c2071c0751e95db8570f9e5581bf503845b9250c7b85077fddf5077b8e9d2ede`
- Ref: `FixPathTriage#c207`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/FixPathTriage/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/#FixPathTriage)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/FixPathTriage.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json)