How to apply patches in Mule runtimes (Standalone and in Anypoint Studio)

GOAL

To install a provided patch fix on an existing installation of Mule products.

IMPORTANT: Patches are created for a specific release of a product. Don't try to use a patch for a version with another product version. That could lead to instabilities and hard to debug issues.

PROCEDURE

The procedure varies slightly depending on the version of your runtime, please follow the appropriate link below based upon the version of the runtime you are using:

How to apply patches to Mule 3.x
How to apply patches to Mule 4.x

To validate if patches are applied correctly please refer to the article: How to Validate that Mule Patches are Applied to a Mule Runtime