Yeah, we actually needed to 'test' in production. I wrote tests for how it was supposed to work, and made the best effort to reduce the risk, but the only way t

Yeah, we actually needed to 'test' in production. I wrote tests for how it was supposed to work, and made the best effort to reduce the risk, but the only way to get a reproducible environment for this particular issue was to deploy the change. That definitely contributed, though was not exclusively the cause of, the risk aversion.