Comment by kolme

A refactor does not change behavior, period. By definition.

If something changed, it's not a refactor. It's a change.

Like in the example where the caching was removed: NOT a refactor.

Ore where the timeouts for the requests were changed: NOT a refactor.

The definition of refactor: change the structure of the code without altering the behavior.

It's like saying a crash is a bad landing.