What did the Compromise of 1850 postpone?

The Compromise of 1850 postponed the escalating conflict over the expansion of slavery into the newly acquired territories following the Mexican-American War. By addressing contentious issues such as California's admission as a free state, the status of slavery in Utah and New Mexico, and the strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Law, it aimed to maintain a fragile balance between free and slave states. However, it ultimately only delayed the inevitable tensions and divisions that would lead to the Civil War.