There is also a literal interpretation involving miniature gaming.
To patch a taboo is to:
The button, it turned out, did not distinguish intention from outcome. It patched what was rough without asking whether the roughness was necessary. Repairing a chipped cup was not the same as erasing a voice. The small taboo was not that she had used the button—that was innocent enough—but that she had assumed small fixes could be managed without consequence. little innocent taboo patched