Have you ever stopped a release because of an unexpected bug, found at the last minute?

[aimantirmizi (Aiman B T Syed)]

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How would you handle a critical bug found just before release?

This has happened few times actually, not anymore thankfully. If you are the person who signs off the release so decision is on you & and in my experience heres how we had handled it. Do you escalate and have it fixed? It really depend on the nature of the bug, critical bug does not necessary need to resolved right away if its not hurting trust & reputation of the system. However we should still treat it as a quality threat for sure. Or do you delay the release? If that issue is a blocke…