Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for delayed evaluation of condition based trees. In use, an update to perform on a software product is identified. Additionally, update material is generated to utilize for updating the software product. Further, first information associated with the update material that is able to be evaluated is evaluated in a first evaluation phase. In addition, second information associated with the update material that requires delayed evaluation is identified. The second information that requires delayed evaluation is preserved in a human readable format. Furthermore, parameters required for evaluating the second information that requires delayed evaluation are received. Still yet, the second information that requires delayed evaluation utilizing the received parameters is evaluated in a second evaluation phase.