# What is Setup Audit Trail?

> The Setup Audit Trail is Salesforce's log of configuration changes made in an org, recording who changed what in Setup and when. It keeps a limited recent history and records that something changed rather than the full before and after.

Source: https://synconai360.com/glossary/setup-audit-trail

## Why it matters

It is the main way to spot changes made directly in production outside a release process, which are often overwritten by the next deploy.

## In SyncOnAI 360

Every SyncOnAI 360 audit reads the last thirty days of the Setup Audit Trail and flags production changes made outside the deploy pipeline, recently deactivated validation rules and unusual bursts of changes by one user.

## Related terms

- [Org drift](https://synconai360.com/glossary/org-drift)
- [Deploy receipt](https://synconai360.com/glossary/deploy-receipt)