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"Happy path"

"Happy path" means the ideal sequence of steps through a system or process where everything works as expected and no errors occur.

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How "Happy path" shows up at work

Product and engineering shorthand for the scenario that gets built first and tested most. The unhappy paths, which is what real users encounter, tend to get a lot less attention until something breaks in production.

Buzzword

We've tested the happy path thoroughly but haven't stress-tested the edge cases yet.

Plain English

We've tested the ideal case thoroughly but haven't stress-tested the edge cases yet.

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