Find the Stale Screenshot Risk
Identify when an image has become an unmaintainable instruction rather than a supporting visual.
Release review: an image-heavy setup guide is being checked against the product branch. Which part of the scene is the real documentation issue? Vague written step This is related, but it is not the root by itself. Vague text becomes dangerous because the task-critical choice lives only in the image. Screenshot owns the exact choice Correct. The instruction is trapped in the screenshot, which weakens accessibility, search, localization, and docs-as-code review. Neutral scene caption The caption could be better, but captions are supporting context. The principle violation is that the task fact is not present in text. Reviewer checklist A…
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