Catching the Drift: How APIs Quietly Break Their Contracts
About this event
In this 30 mins session, we’ll explain what drift looks like and why it’s so easy to miss, then show how Swagger Contract Testing turns drift into a visible, actionable signal by continuously verifying real API behavior against OpenAPI using the new Drift CLI.
Catching the Drift: How APIs Quietly Break Their Contracts is a webinar from SmartBear focused on DevOps. The event is scheduled for Thursday, July 30, 2026. UPCOMING provides an independent event listing and directs attendees to SmartBear's website to complete registration or viewing.
What you'll learn
- How to run the Drift CLI against a live API and an OpenAPI document - Real examples of drift being detected - How drift shows up as a clear, machine-readable contract verification result - Where this fits in a typical developer workflow
