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Requirements, stories & service design · Core

Happy path

Also called: golden path

ELI5

The simplest route where everything goes right.

Used in conversation

“Test the happy path and the failure states.”

Definition

The expected successful sequence through a task without errors or exceptions.

Here “Happy path” means: The expected successful sequence through a task without errors or exceptions.

Pitch context

You will see “Happy path” in product strategy decks, roadmaps, experiments and architecture reviews when the discussion reaches requirements, stories & service design.

Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret requirements, stories & service design without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.

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Sources & evidence · 2

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.