Someone changed a security group in the cloud console for a city API. Automation must notice the live setup no longer matches the desired code. What capability is needed?
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Short Explanation
When someone edits the live security group by hand, the code and the real world start arguing. Drift detection is the smoke alarm that says these two no longer match.
Full Explanation
Drift detection identifies divergence between the declared desired state in code and the live cloud configuration after out-of-band changes such as console edits. Finding drift enables remediation or code updates so automation remains authoritative. Screenshots, YAML comment pinning, and deleting remotes do not provide that comparison.