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.