---
title: patch
summary: Apply patches if they haven't already been applied.
url: https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/compute/sdks/python/fastly_compute/runtime_patching/patches/fn.patch/
---

**Kind:** Function  
**Module:** [patches](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/compute/sdks/python/fastly_compute/runtime_patching/patches/)  
**Package:** fastly-compute 0.1.3  
**Source:** https://github.com/fastly/compute-sdk-python/blob/2bffcc6d596a68bcc0b4342404641deff78e68f6/fastly_compute/runtime_patching/patches.py#L83

```python
patch()
```

Apply patches if they haven't already been applied.