Use Release Diffs to Audit Control Surface Drift

Release diffs are useful when they help audit how the control surface changed, not when they merely list merged work.

The important release diff is not just how much changed. It is which controls now behave differently than they did before.

Useful audit questions

• Did permission or validation logic move?
• Did rollback or denial behavior change?
• Did operator evidence become stronger or weaker?

Use the changelog, security docs, and examples to review release diffs through an operational lens.