The Myth of the “Quick Fix” in Salesforce Projects

There are few phrases that make Salesforce testers more nervous than:

“It’s just a quick fix.”

Every time someone says it, a validator breaks, a flow collapses, and somewhere in the distance an Integration Lead feels a disturbance in the Force.

Let me tell you why “quick fixes” almost always become “slow disasters.”

The Ticket That Started It All

A user complained that a single picklist value was wrong.
Just one.
“How hard can it be?”

A consultant jumped in:

“I’ll fix it in two minutes.”

He updated the picklist value.
Saved.
Closed the ticket.

Thirty minutes later:

  • two automations failed,
  • one flow threw an unhandled exception,
  • an entire team couldn’t progress Opportunities.

Why?

Because the value he changed was used in:

  • a Flow decision element,
  • a Process Builder condition,
  • a validation rule,
  • two reports,
  • and a robotically maintained integration.

He didn’t change the value (displayed label); he also changed the API value within the field configuration.

The Lesson: Nothing Is Isolated in Salesforce
Even the smallest change has consequences.

Salesforce is a living organism.
If you move one cell, the entire ecosystem shifts.

Quick fixes usually ignore:

  • dependencies
  • data model impacts
  • automation pathways
  • user permissions
  • integrations
  • reporting logic

As testers, we’re the only ones who consistently see how everything connects.

Final Thoughts

Next time someone says “quick fix,” smile politely and translate it into reality:

“A long debugging session is about to begin.”

And then test like your sanity depends on it.
Because it does.

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