From 144904d6525df9db815e4c55dd6f2f369b3f7784 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Noah Talerman <47070608+noahtalerman@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 08:51:41 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Product Design handbook: Changes to the activity feed are
 closed instead of merged (#36399)

Example: https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/pull/32481
---
 handbook/product-design/README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/handbook/product-design/README.md b/handbook/product-design/README.md
index 00e46516f8..7a803e78f7 100644
--- a/handbook/product-design/README.md
+++ b/handbook/product-design/README.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ At Fleet, like [GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product-development-fl
    - Add a link to the issue in the PR description.
    - Attach the `~api-or-yaml-design` label. (This helps the [API design DRI](https://fleetdm.com/handbook/company/communications#directly-responsible-individuals-dris) prioritize API/YAML PR review.)
    - Mark the PR ready for review. (Draft PRs do not auto-request reviews.)
-   - After your changes are approved by the API design DRI, they will merge your changes into the docs release branch.
+   - After your changes are approved by the API design DRI, they will merge your changes into the docs release branch. Changes to the activity feed (audit logs) are closed instead of merged because the [audit-logs.md file is auto-generated](https://fleetdm.com/handbook/company/communications#audit-logs).
 
 5. Add links to the user story as specified in the [issue template](https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/issues/new?template=story.md).