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configuration drift
What is running is not what is in git. Someone fixed production by hand.
What is configuration drift?
Drift is live state diverging from the declared state. A hotfix in the console, a scaled replica count, a security group someone opened. The next apply either reverts the hotfix silently or fails. Drift is detected by comparing, not by remembering.
Why does configuration drift matter when vibe coding?
Models hotfix live and also change the repo, differently. Name a reconcile direction: git wins, or the live change gets committed first.
How do you do configuration drift?
Detect drift. Decide git is source of truth. Emergency edits are followed by a commit the same day. Alerts on drift, not a quarterly audit.
How do you ask a model for configuration drift?
Detect configuration drift between git and (environment). Git is the source of truth. Do not leave a manual change uncommitted. Show me the diff rather than applying over it blindly.
What goes wrong with configuration drift?
Auto-reverting a live emergency mitigation because a controller reconciled overnight. If git wins, the mitigation has to be in git before you go to sleep.