# Question on the fill-in morphism in a triangulated category

Let
$$\begin{array}{rcl} A&\to& B\\ \downarrow & &\downarrow\\ A’&\to& B’ \end{array}$$
be a commutative diagram in a triangulated category. By the axioms of a triangulated category, this may be ‘completed’ to
$$\begin{array}{rccccl} A&\to& B&\to& C&\to\\ \downarrow & &\downarrow&&\downarrow\\ A’&\to& B’&\to& C’&\to \end{array}$$
where both rows are exact triangles. Let
$$\begin{array}{rccccl} A&\to& B&\to& \tilde C&\to\\ \downarrow & &\downarrow&&\downarrow\\ A’&\to& B’&\to& \tilde C’&\to \end{array}$$
be another ‘completion’ of the initial diagram such that both rows are exact triangles. One gets that $C\cong \tilde C$ and $C’\cong \tilde C’$. My question is: May these two isomorphism be chosen in a way that the diagram
$$\begin{array}{rcl} C&\overset{\cong}{\to}& \tilde C\\ \downarrow & &\downarrow\\ C’&\overset{\cong}{\to}& \tilde C’ \end{array}$$
commutes?

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Not in general.

For example, let the original commutative square be
$$\begin{array}{ccc} X[-1]&\to&0\\ \downarrow & &\downarrow\\ 0&\to&X \end{array}$$
for any non-zero object $X$.

This can be completed to a diagram
$$\begin{array}{cccccccc} X[-1]&\to& 0&\to& X&\to &X\\ \downarrow & &\downarrow&&\downarrow&&\downarrow\\ 0&\to& X&\to& X&\to& 0 \end{array}$$
with a completely free choice of the vertical map $X\to X$.

Taking two different completions, where this map is zero in one and the identity in the other, gives an example where the answer to your question is “no”.