--- title: Audit breaking changes with the Buf Schema Registry's... description: The Buf Schema Registry (BSR) now offers a governance workflow for Enterprise customers that lets administrators review, approve, or reject commits introducing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/audit-breaking-changes-with-the-buf-schema-registry-s-governance-workflow-buf-gullqo2st twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Audit breaking changes with the Buf Schema Registry's governance workflow · Buf | daily.dev og:description: The Buf Schema Registry (BSR) now offers a governance workflow for Enterprise customers that lets administrators review, approve, or reject commits introducing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/audit-breaking-changes-with-the-buf-schema-registry-s-governance-workflow-buf-gullqo2st og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/guLLQO2sT.png og:image:alt: Audit breaking changes with the Buf Schema Registry's governance workflow · Buf og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Audit breaking changes with the Buf Schema Registry's governance workflow · Buf **[Buf Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/buf)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Buf Schema Registry (BSR) now offers a governance workflow for Enterprise customers that lets administrators review, approve, or reject commits introducing breaking changes to Protobuf schemas. Commits with breaking changes are automatically held in a 'Pending' state, blocking downstream consumers like generated SDKs and reflection APIs until an admin reviews them. Reviewers are notified via email and a new BSR Inbox, and reverting a bad commit automatically clears its review requirement, providing a full audit trail of schema evolution. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How does the Buf Schema Registry handle breaking changes to Protobuf schemas after they're merged in git? The Buf Schema Registry (BSR) now includes a governance workflow, available on the Enterprise plan, that automatically moves any commit containing a breaking change to a 'Pending' state on the main branch, hiding it from downstream consumers like generated SDKs, Buf Studio, and reflection APIs until a module administrator reviews and approves or rejects it. _Teams enforcing schema governance can follow Protobuf and API tooling updates like this on daily.dev._ ### What happens if a breaking Protobuf commit gets rejected in the Buf Schema Registry? A rejected commit stays blocked from downstream consumers and is marked 'Rejected' on the module's Commits tab, requiring a follow-up fix such as reverting the commit in git or patching it. Once the diff against main no longer contains a breaking change, the BSR automatically approves the corrected commit without manual intervention. _daily.dev helps API owners track how registries like Buf handle breaking-change reviews and reverts._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The modern Protobuf workflow · Buf](https://daily.dev/posts/the-modern-protobuf-workflow-buf-c2m7gywhe) · Buf Blog · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Introducing NetBox Changes v1.0: Governance at the Layer Where the Change Actually Happens](https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-netbox-changes-v1-0-governance-at-the-layer-where-the-change-actually-happens-umvp4cvp1) · NetBox Labs · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Push Schema Revisions Before Deployment](https://daily.dev/posts/push-schema-revisions-before-deployment-yctq0utvg) · The Guild · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [API Reviews and Provenance: Accountability Over Enforcement](https://daily.dev/posts/api-reviews-and-provenance-accountability-over-enforcement-0ofr3x9e0) · API Evangelist · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - 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