---
title: "Change"
description: "a merged commit on the main branch, with the part of the plan it moves and the checks that completed at it"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/change
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# Change

a merged commit on the main branch, with the part of the plan it moves and the checks that completed at it

[figure: Change is a fact at platform scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | fact |
| scope | platform |
| key | the commit |
| store | postgres |
| family | releases |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `repository` | `text` | yes |  |
| `commit` | `hash` | yes |  |
| `subject` | `text` | yes | one complete sentence with a verb |
| `body` | `text` | yes |  |
| `moves` | `text` | yes |  |
| `checks` | [ControlResult](/concepts/controlresult) | yes |  |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns Change directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.